Today in Supreme Court History: July 23

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In re Discipline of Quinn, 567 U.S. 955 (decided July 23, 2012): Brian S. Quinn suspended from the Supreme Court bar; he later consented to be stricken from the rolls; Pennsylvania Supreme Court disciplinary decision recounts drug convictions and related malpractices; he became advocate for overcoming addiction (and does presentations on the topic for the same CLE outfit I did presentations for)

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