What is the test for determining the validity of a finding of fact by a local committee of the California Bar Association and the California State Bar Association?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Webb v. State Bar of Cal., 306 P.2d 458, 47 Cal.2d 866 (Cal. 1957):
In reviewing a disciplinary proceeding this court passes upon the sufficiency and weight of the evidence and is not bound by the findings of fact of the local committee or the board, although the burden of showing that the board's action was incorrect is upon petitioner. Palmquist v. State Bar, 1954, 43 Cal.2d 428, 435, 274 P.2d 640; Choate v. State Bar, 1953, 41 Cal.2d 399, 405, 260 P.2d 609.
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