Show J JUDGE BURTON 11 1 DECISION ION OUT 4 M lot I The Supreme Court of oC Utah has passed upon the petition for disbar disbar- disbarment I ment of Honorable Thomas II H. H Bunten Burten Bur Bun ten Judge of the Fifth Judicial Dist- Dist net and in an extremely lengthy opinion the court takes up the issues one on by one but lays a special stress upon the conduct of the Judge in the case of Schultz vs I Schultz The court COUlt after a lengthy consideration consideration consider consider- atlon of the case makes the following following follow follow- ing decisions decision I The Judgment of this court therefore therefore therefore there there- fore is that Judge Burton Durton be and lie he hereby is rebuked and ant censured and his acts as hereinbefore outlined are arcs disapproved and condemned Further that he hereby is admonished that in discharging the important duties of oC Mi his elute he should ever be mindful j 1 of the rights and privileges of others and especially those who as all ministers era ers of the law are are called to practice in his c court urt and to assist him in ad administering administering administering ad- ad ministering the law to the end that justice shall prevail ll That it is his hi duty at all times to patiently te hear r those who by law are afro entitled t to tJ be heard hear in his court and in case an attorney at- at torney tomey violates the law ter or the rules of the court or in case his acts act and conduct are contumacious or contemptuous contemptuous contemptuous to punish him as by law and in accordance with the recognized recognized sized rules of procedure That he must ever aver keep in mind that an at at- at law laly Is the mere representative tive of the citizen whose only lawful means of vindicating his rights is to have havO recourse to a court of justice Justic and in doing so 10 to call to his aid one cne I who is learned in the law and versed in the procedure governing courts That to suspend attorneys without I I hearing or to assail th them m out of court or their reputations as as disclosed by y I this record smacks too much of despotism despotism des des- I II to be tolerated in this country I which is governed by law and not by t I men d dIt I II I It is so ordered This marks the fin final l culmination of ofa a long drawn out controversy which has occupied the district during the past year ear 1 |