Does a disciplinary proceeding constitute a criminal action?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Black v. State Bar, 103 Cal.Rptr. 288, 499 P.2d 968, 7 Cal.3d 676 (Cal. 1972):
12 We have also in other contexts regarded a disciplinary proceeding as not a criminal action. (See Eschwig v. State Bar, 1 Cal.3d 8, 18, 81 Cal.Rptr. 352, 459 P.2d 904; Best v. State Bar, 57 Cal.2d 633, 637, 21 Cal.Rptr. 589, 371 P.2d 325.)
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