California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Resner v. State Bar of Cal., 2 Cal.Rptr. 461, 349 P.2d 67, 53 Cal.2d 605 (Cal. 1960):
This court, of course, passes upon the sufficiency and weight of the evidence and is not bound by findings of fact of the local committees or board, although the burden of showing that the board's action is erroneous or unlawful is upon the petitioner. Sturr v. State Bar, supra, 52 Cal.2d 125, 338 P.2d 897; Sullivan v. State Bar, supra, 50 Cal.2d 491, 326 P.2d 138.
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