Today in Supreme Court History: September 26

Matter of Disbarment of Mosely, 512 U.S. 1284 (decided September 26, 1994): Municipal judge convicted of extorting kickbacks from contractors, 810 F.2d 93 (though unlike the one time a judge shook me down, none of those victims was a broken, disabled man threatened with prison). He became a minister, and his web page mentions his criminal history. https://lawsoflifecourttv.com/fred-m-mosely-testimony/ Though he seems to stress being rejected by his peers (awww . . . ) and mentions the convictions as if it was something bad that just seemed to happen to him.

Matter of Disbarment of Cole, 512 U.S. 1285 (decided September 26, 1994): Convicted of large-scale bank fraud and money laundering, “issuance of over 82 fraudulent loans and 49 fraudulent cashier’s checks”. 989 F.2d 495.

Matter of Disbarment of Corces, 512 U.S. 1284 (decided September 26, 1994): Attorney with bright future lived the high life and borrowed client funds to pay personal bills. (As one of my law professors said, “That’s always how it starts.”) At first he paid it back. And then . . . https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1992/05/17/the-long-slide-of-charles-corces/

Matter of Disbarment of Karsch, 512 U.S. 1284 (decided September 26, 1994) and Matter of Disbarment of Meyer, 512 U.S. 1284 (decided September 26, 1994): These attorneys were disbarred for their non-attorney acts, in this case as CEO and Treasurer of a supermarket chain which defrauded manufactures via fraudulent coupons (give them credit for creativity), 197 A.D.2d 262, 200 A.D.2d 17