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IN THE MATTER OF HISS

368 Mass. 447 (1975)

333 N.E.2d 429

IN THE MATTER OF ALGER HISS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 5, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Groden (John M. Reed & Harold Rosenwald with him) for the petitioner.

Robert J. DeGiacomo (Daniel Klubock & Barry Brown with him) for the Board of Bar Overseers.

Frederic G. Corneel & Edward J. Barshak, for the Boston Bar Association, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: TAURO, C.J., REARDON, QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, HENNESSEY, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.

TAURO, C.J.

Alger Hiss was struck from the roll of Massachusetts lawyers on August 1, 1952, and now seeks reinstatement. The facts as disclosed by the record before us are as follows. On January 25, 1950, Alger Hiss was convicted of two counts of perjury in his testimony before a Federal grand jury. A previous trial had resulted in a jury disagreement, and a mistrial had been declared. In particular, Hiss was found to have testified falsely (1) that he had never,...

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