In re the Rule upon Scouten

Citations

• 186 Pa. 270
• 40 A. 481
• 1898 Pa. LEXIS 996

Syllabus

<p>Attorneys-at-law — Disbarment — Suspension — Abusive language addressed to judge.</p> <p>The power of courts is ample to maintain propriety of conduct and the discipline of the bar, extending even to disbarment of offenders.</p> <p>The exercise of such authority is largely a matter of discretion, and will only be reviewed by the sujterior courts on the ground of abuse.</p> <p>Where an attorney-at-law, during a session of court, though outside of the courtroom, uses foul and abusive language to an associate judge, unlearned in the law, involving serious charges against the judge, and does not apologize for a long period of time, and only after a rule for disbarment has been entered against him, he may be disbarred altogether or suspended from practice until his conduct shall convince the court that he can and will conduct himself, in all respects, properly and respectfully.</p> <p>Attorney S-at-law — Privileges and duties — Subordination to court.</p> <p>The bar have great liberty and high privileges in the assertion of their clients’ rights as they view them, but on the other hand they have equal obligations as officers in the administration of justice; and no duty is more fundamental, more unremitting, or more imperative, than that of respectful subordination to the court.</p>