State Supreme Court / N.J.

Higgins v. Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics of the Supreme Court

Decided April 6, 1977. Mark A. Sullivan wrote the opinion for the court.

373 A.2d 372 · Cited 57 times

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In Re Application of Bigley · 259 A.2d 213

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