In Re Brown

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Heavy burden” cast upon disbarred attorney convicted of three counts of conspiracy to commit bribery and of bribery of a juror.
• \Heavy burden\ cast upon disbarred attorney convicted of three counts of conspiracy to commit bribery and of bribery of a juror.
• “The ultimate question is whether he possesses the integrity, high moral character and legal competence to justify the reinstatement of his license.”
• supplemented rules to require hearing on suitability of applicant for readmission

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re: Brown
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-12-19· cited 80×
• Committee on Legal Ethics v. Roark
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-06-08· cited 75×
• Daily Gazette Co. v. Committee on Legal Ethics of West Virginia State Bar
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1985-02-15· cited 54×
• Committee on Legal Ethics v. Six
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-04-21· cited 43×
• State v. Houston
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-12-19· cited 42×
• Shenandoah Sales & Service, Inc. v. Assessor of Jefferson County
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2012-02-09· cited 34×
• Committee on Legal Ethics of the West Virginia State Bar v. Douglas
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1988-05-18· cited 33×
• Committee on Legal Ethics of the West Virginia State Bar v. Boettner
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1990-04-17· cited 29×
• Lawyer Disciplinary Board v. Vieweg
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-07-11· cited 21×
• In Re Smith
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-11-25· cited 20×
• Matter of Dortch
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1997-04-14· cited 18×
• In re Smith
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-10-07· cited 16×
• In Re Pauley
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1984-07-25· cited 15×
• Matter of Sommerville
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1987-12-09· cited 9×
• In Re McMillian
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2001-12-13· cited 8×
• In re Petition for Reinstatement of Edward Raymond Kohout
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2025-06-10

Cites

23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• West Virginia State Bar v. Earley
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1959-06-09· cited 108×
• In the Matter of Hiss
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-08-05· cited 104×
• State Ex Rel. Partain v. Oakley
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1976-07-23· cited 68×
• In re Keenan
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1943-09-14· cited 58×
• In Re the Petition for Reinstatement to Practice Law of Braverman
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1974-03-01· cited 53×
• In Re License to Practice Law by Daniel
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1970-03-17· cited 43×
• COMMITTEE ON LEGAL ETHICS, ETC. v. Pence
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1975-06-24· cited 42×
• In Re Barton
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1974-12-19· cited 41×
• Application of Sharpe
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1972-06-07· cited 32×
• In Re Dawson
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1961-06-28· cited 30×
• In Re Brown
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1973-07-03· cited 26×
• Committee on Legal Ethics of West Virginia State Bar v. Lewis
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1973-06-26· cited 24×
• Committee on Legal Ethics of the West Virginia State Bar v. Graziani
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1973-11-20· cited 23×
• In Re Application of Strand for Reinstatement to Practice Law
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1961-02-10· cited 17×
• State v. Gary
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1978-09-19· cited 15×
• Lester v. Kentucky Bar Ass'n
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1975-10-17· cited 14×
• In Re Seijas
  Washington Supreme Court· 1964-02-27· cited 12×
• Committee on Legal Ethics of West Virginia State Bar v. Smith
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1973-02-27· cited 12×
• Application of Spriggs
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1962-01-25· cited 10×
• In Re Petition of Simmons
  Washington Supreme Court· 1972-07-27· cited 10×