State Supreme Court / Neb.

State Ex Rel. Nebraska State Bar Ass'n v. Butterfield

Decided November 10, 1961. John W. Yeager wrote the opinion for the court.

111 N.W.2d 543 · Cited 62 times

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State Ex Rel. Nebraska State Bar Ass'n v. Richards · 84 N.W.2d 136
In Re Oliver · 89 P.2d 229
State Ex Rel. Nebraska State Bar Ass'n v. Butterfield · 98 N.W.2d 714
State ex rel. Hunter v. Kirk · 133 Neb. 625
Butterfield v. State · 144 Neb. 388
Biakanja v. Irving · 49 Cal. 2d 647
Gardner v. Conway · 234 Minn. 468
State ex rel. Nebraska State Bar Ass'n v. Gudmundsen · 145 Neb. 324
People Ex Rel. Committee on Grievances of the Colorado Bar Ass'n v. Denver Clearing House Banks · 59 P.2d 468
State ex rel. Johnson v. Childe · 147 Neb. 527
State Ex Rel. Nebraska State Bar Ass'n v. Pinkett · 60 N.W.2d 641
In Re Riccardi · 251 P. 650
State ex rel. Nebraska State Bar Ass'n v. Price · 144 Neb. 542

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