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RAILROAD TRAINMEN v. VIRGINIA BAR

No. 34.

377 U.S. 1 (1964)

BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN v. VIRGINIA EX REL. VIRGINIA STATE BAR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 20, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beecher E. Stallard and John J. Naughton argued the cause for petitioner. With them on the briefs were Edward B. Henslee and Arnold Elkind.

Aubrey R. Bowles, Jr. argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Aubrey R. Bowles III.

Wayland B. Cedarquist, Holcombe H. Perry, Warren H. Resh and Earl Sneed filed a brief for the American Bar Association, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Virginia State Bar brought this suit in the Chancery Court of the City of Richmond, Virginia, against the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, an investigator employed by the Brotherhood, and an attorney designated its "Regional Counsel," to enjoin them from carrying on activities which, the Bar charged, constituted the solicitation of legal business and the unauthorized...

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