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Show (U Ferialb Ordsr WESTERN AMERICA' Dgrtmnt University of Utah Felt LkeCity Utah 8fll2 SALT LAKE VOLUME 16, NUMBER 76 U.S. Utah Supreme Court Decisions - Unlawful arrest; 2) Unlawful searct 3) Obtaining statement; 4) Admission of opinion evidence. Supreme Court: Judgment affirmed. No errors. State counsel: Vernon B. Romney, David S. Young Defendant counsel: Salt Lake Legal Defender D. Gilbert Athay See details page 4. 1) . California Bar Now Publishing Names of Disciplined Lawyers SACRAMENTO (ACCN) The State Bar of California is going one step farther than printing names of its errant members in its own Journal and is now circulating names to the public. Action has been taken recently against seven lawyers resulting in three disbarments, three law license suspensions, and me wrist slapping in the form of a public reproved. The State Supreme Court and State Bar of California took the disciplinary action on moral and ethics charges ranging from grand . theft to commingling funds. The State Supreme Court ordered disbarment of Oakland attorney John Clayton Vanderpool, Booker T. Davis Jr., whose last address was listed with the State Bar as a post box in Waco, Tex., and Washington D.- C. Lawyer Darwin Charles Brown. Brown's disbarment came after he was convicted of a federal crime involving the fraudulent interstate .sale of securities and conspiracy. Davis was disbarred after he failed to file papers for a client, a default judgment was entered, and he misrepresented to the client the status of the case, He also converted settlement money belonging to clients, failed to make payments on their behalf, and failed to pay a filing fee which resulted in the setting aside of an answer. Oakland attorney Vanderpool was San Bruno lawyer Laurence Michael Donovan was publicly reproved after the disciplinary board found he received payments from 18 clients referred to him by a lawyer Reference Service, mixed them with his personal funds, and used the money himself. The State Bar released the seven names after it was criticised for "failing to do something about lawyers who act in an unprofessional manner." "Hie fact is, when misconduct comes to the attention of the State Bar, it does do something, a memo to the press noted. "The State Bar has a full time staff of attorneys, investigators, and other personnel which assists the over 500 lawyers throughout the state who serve without pay as examiners, as members of pre-tricommittees, and as trial committees in disciplinary cases. The statewide disciplinary board is appointed by the State Bars board of governors. It reviews recommendations of trial committees and has power to discipline members by public or private reproval. The disciplinary board can also recommend the Supreme Court suspend from practice or disbar members, but the Court alone has the power to do so. Most State Bar proceedings involve extensive investigation and preparation. Over $600,000 'has been allocated in the State Bars budget this year for disciplinary al disbarred after the State Bars disciplinary board found he had obtained a settlement for a client, proceedings. .This comes from angot her to .endorse the settlement nual dues the State Bars 35,000 draft, then deposited the money in attorney members pay. his personal account and used most of it for himself, refusing to remit his clients share. In recommending the Supreme Court disbar Vanderpool, the disciplinary board took into consideration a prior disciplinary case against him. The three lawyers suspended from practice were William M. De Falla of Los Angeles, William George Emslie of San Marino and William E. Bartley, formerly of San Bernardino. Barley was placed on probation for five years with suspension for the first three. Tlie Supreme Court previously suspended him Dec. 30, 1969, pending final disposition. of a case that ultimately resulted in his conviction of grand theft. The disciplinary board found he used a clients settlement money to pay his own office expenses. DeFalla was suspended from practicing law for a period ending one year from the time he performs certain acts. The disciplinary board found he had failed to: 1) complete a divorce case, 2) account for trust funds in a probate matter, and 3) use funds received from a client to settle a dispute, converting part of the funds to his own use. Utahns Plan To Seek More Federal Business Small Juries UTAH y. HATCHER Teenagers WASHINGTON S. Census million (ACCN) The U. Bureau estimates that 95 Americans will vote in Novembers Presidential election. Four years ago 73 million cast ballots, or 61 per cent. Almost 140 million men and women will be old enough to vote, including 124 million whites and 14 million blacks. About 25.5 million will be eligible to vote for the first time. Of these, 11.5 million are in the 0 age group, voting for the first 18-2- time. The report said the new-votwill account for 18.4 category of cent the electorate. Forty-si- x per per cent of the voting-ag- e population will be 45 and over. 18-to-- 24 The voting-ag- e . al er population of blacks will be younger than that of whites, the report said. About 77 per cent of the black electorate will be over 25 compared with 82 per cent of the whites. By Daniel K. Cunningham Daily Record Columnist SALT LAKE CITY Hie federal government is Utahs biggest business. But that doesnt mean the feds always like to do business here. Hie government has maintained a high Utah payroll in recent years and this has certainly sustained the states economic growth. But federal spending for supplies and services in Utah is much less than it could Mr. Cunningham be. Plan May 3 Meet Local Democrats are concerned about the dollar drain, which is confirmed by Hill Air Force Base officials. A recent meeting discussing how Jq. retain more federal proftfemeht. dollars in Utah Wa? attended by ytah Gov. jCalvin L. Lawyer Named To (ACCN)-G- ov. 43, (UPD-Dli- nois SPRINGFIELD counties dropping the office of coroner are depriving citizens of their right to know and are weakening the check and balance system of local government, a spokesman for the Illinois Coroners Association has declared. "An independently elected coroner serves as a check and balance against other local Walter L. government agencies, Oblinger, counsel for the association meeting in Springfield, said. "The public deserves to know what happened in every unnatural death. We think they are making a terrible mistake, he said of some budget-trouble- d counties to dissolve the office rather than pay out a regular salary. He said the association was backing programs in the General Assembly to return to a per diem pay arrangement. He said they also were supporting tails to create a state medical examiners office and to allow counties without coroners to contract with counties that have coroners. "One county tried letting the sheriff take over the coroners job, but it didnt work. Oblinger said. "The danger was that there was no one there to look over his shoulder to see how he was treating his prisoners and otherwise doing his. job. He said coroners are needed to reveal when deaths are caused by negligence in road maintenance, health standards, building codes and other governmental functions. "Without an independent coroner, the public will never know these things, Oblinger said. Rampton; Sen. Frank E. Moss, Rep. K. Gunn McKay, Industrial Promotion Board director John J. Leete; MaJ. Gen. Richard Hoban, the OOAMA commander, and Col. J. Bachman, who is division chief plans and programs. Gov. Rampton indicated only a small percentage of some $250 million for Hill Air Force central procurement is spent in Utah. He conceded that many contracts went to a sole source company because of special requirements. But he added that many jobs could be handled by Utah manufacturers. Give Bid ProceduresTo acquaint more Utah businesses with bidding procedures for government contracts, a meeting has been scheduled for May 3 at 9 a.m. in the State of Utah Briefing Center, 19 E. 2nd South. Col. Bachman will, outline procedures and opportunities available to Utah manufacturers. Utah Industrial Promotion officials estimate a federal dollar spent for a Utah-mad- e product has 12 times as much economic impact as a dollar spent for an item. Minuteman Supplies Funds Meanwhile, Sen. Wallace F. Benhas announced that nett, Utah firms will remain involved in the Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile program. In 1973 some $62.5 million will be spent in Utah for Minuteman contracts. The major recipients will be Thiokol Chemical Cbrp. and Boeing Co., a company whose presence in Utah is little publicized. $4 Million Boost Thiokol will get $47 million next year, a $4 million boost from 1972, for production of motors. Boeing Co., which has a facility at HAFB, will receive $15.3 million next year for assembly of the missiles and testing. The Minuteman is propelled by solid fuels, which are also used in the NASA program. As this fuel is produced in Utah the state will benefit from the proposed utilization of space vehicles conafter the present Apollo templated program ends. (Whatever happened to the Buy-UtCampaign of the Utah Manufacturers Assn.?) D-Ut- D-Ut- - out-of-sta- Minnesota Coroners Oppose High Court MINNEAPOLIS Illinois Trend Wendell Anderson has appointed Minneapolis attorney Harry H. To End Office to the Minnesota MacLaughlin, due mainly, Oblinger said, to financial pressure. He said a provision under the new state constitution requiring a statutory salary for county coroners has led Vote Seen This Fall; 1.5 policy-makin- eliminating the office. Several Illinois counties have already voted to dissolve the office, 95-Milli- on 1 WASHINGTON (UPI)-T- he U. S. Judicial Conference has recommended reducing from 12 to 6 the size of juries in federal civil cases. Such legislation is now pending in Congress. The Conference, which is the administrative arm of the federal court system, also recommended that parties to civil cases be allowed two discretionary challenges to jurors instead of the three they now have. The Conference further authorized a special committee to study proposals on judicial ethics to be presented next August by a special committee of the American Bar to Association that (ABA) g House organizations of Delegates. The special committee, to be appointed by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, will try to determine whether part or all of the new standards should be required for federal judges or if additional standards should be considered. The ABAs code is designed for both federal and state judges. Burger announced the actions of the conference at the close of its two day session in the Court Building. Supreme semi-annu- THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1972 May 3 Meeting Judicial Body Favors Capsule Judgment Affirmed ROBBERY CONVICTION Errors Claimed On Appeal: CITY. UTAH Supreme Court. MacLaughlin succeeds Justice William P. Murphy, 73, who sub- mitted his resignation to the governor earlier, i Justice Murphy, a St. Cloud native, was appointed to the Supreme Court in September 1955. He was elected to a full term in 1956 in 1962 and 1968. and was has MacLaughlin practiced law in 16 for years and is a Minneapolis 1956 graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School aS well as a graduate of the university's College re-elect- ed of Business Administration. While in Law School, he served as a member of the Board of Editors of the Minnesota Law Review. He is a past chairman of the Hennepin County (Minneapolis) Bar Associations Ethics and Judicial Selection Committees and a former part-tim- e faculty member of William Mitchell College of Law. He was born in Breckenridge and raised in Wahpeton, N. D., where he graduated from high school. Justice Murphys resignation te R-Ut- re-usa- ah Alligator Hide Black Market Crackdown Told PITTSBURGH (UPI)-Po- lice are using a new weapon in their campaign to purge newsstands of "girlie magazines a seldom-use- d Pennsylvania law forbidding the advertising of cures for secret diseases. Chief Magistrate Robert E. Dauer ordered Wilbert F. Crook, 69, held for grand jury action after police testified that two magazines NEWARK, N.J. (UPI)-T- he Newark has reported that the U.S. attorneys office in New Jersey is working with federal and local officials in the Southeast, investigating a black market in alligator hides. said in its April 10 The edition that the New Jersey investigation centers on a processing there for exporting the the Orient and Europe. There they are made into handbags, shoes, wallets and other articles. An Atlanta hide dealer, Quince C. Plott, and his son,.Christoper, have been indicted in Atlanta on federal and state charges of shipping illegal hides. The U.S. attorneys office in Atlanta said when the indictments were handed down that they would be arraigned on the federal charges April 21. manhood. alleged that Plott and his son have shipped 127,000 hides, worth $4.1 million, to northern states for sale on the black market. effect April 30. The pointment is effective May 1. takes ap- Police Dig Up Old Ad Law In Porno Drive 50-ce- nt they purchased at Crooks adnewsstand contained vertisements for products restore lost guaranteed to Star-Ledg- Star-Ledg- er er Klion The federal government has |