STATE BAR v. VAN SLYKE

No. 12573.

557 S.W.2d 363 (1977)

STATE BAR of Texas et al., Appellants, v. Glen Elmer VAN SLYKE, III, et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied November 9, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne H. Paris, Asst. Gen. Counsel, State Bar of Texas, Austin, for appellants.

Arthur Mitchell, Mitchell, George & Belt, Austin, for appellee Van Slyke.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., David M. Kendall, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for appellee Board of Law Examiners.


SHANNON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment of the district court of Travis County. That judgment declared that Glen Elmer Van Slyke, III, was not precluded from being licensed to practice law by reason of a prior felony conviction. Because the judgment was an advisory opinion, we will vacate the judgment.

The following facts led to the filing of the declaratory judgment action. Van Slyke was convicted by the district court of Harris County...

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