# Wells v. State Bar

> California Supreme Court · March 6, 1978 · 20 Cal. 3d 708

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9561878

## Case

- **Full name:** BYRON N. WELLS, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** March 6, 1978
- **Citations:** 20 Cal. 3d 708; 144 Cal. Rptr. 133; 575 P.2d 285; 1978 Cal. LEXIS 197
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Newman
- **Judges:** Newman
- **Cited by:** 8 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

NEWMAN, J.
I dissent because of the facts that the majority opinion here identifies as “certain mitigating circumstances suggesting recent rehabilitative efforts by petitioner.” Those facts have persuaded me that a 30-day actual suspension, in 1978, is a no-longer appropriate and needless punishment for misdeeds that occurred so many years ago. I *716 believe too that requiring the so-called Professional Responsibility Examination to be passed appears irrational in this and many comparable cases.

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