SCHWENKE v. SMITH

No. 960255.

942 P.2d 335 (1997)

A. Paul SCHWENKE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Wendel SMITH, Steven Trost, and Utah State Bar, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of Utah.

July 8, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Paul Schwenke, Salt Lake City, for pro se.

Carman E. Kipp, Gregory J. Sanders, Sandra L. Steinvoort, Salt Lake City, for defendants.


ZIMMERMAN, Chief Justice:

Plaintiff A. Paul Schwenke appeals a district court order dismissing his complaint against the Utah State Bar, Steven Trost, and Wendell Smith (collectively, "the Bar") for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We affirm.

We begin by briefly reviewing the facts before turning to the standard of review and our analysis. Schwenke was disbarred by this court in 1993 after review of a recommendation of discipline received from the Board...

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