U.S. Supreme Court Suspends the Wrong Lawyer Again

For the second time this year, a case of "mistaken identity" has caused the justices to suspend the wrong lawyer from the prestigious Supreme Court bar.
The U.S. Supreme Court building stands in Washington, D.C.Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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Washington (AP) -- Jim Robbins' seven years of service at the Supreme Court was not enough to keep him from the being the second lawyer this year who was mistakenly suspended from the court's prestigious bar.

"They suspended me?" a surprised Robbins asked with a chuckle Tuesday from his home outside San Francisco.