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CHICAGO COUNCIL OF LAWYERS v. BAUER

No. 74-1305.

522 F.2d 242 (1975)

CHICAGO COUNCIL OF LAWYERS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. William J. BAUER et al., Defendants-Appellees, and Terence MacCarthy et al., Intervenors-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1975.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 16, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton I. Shadur, Joseph R. Lundy, Alexander Polikoff, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

George D. Crowley, Louis G. Davidson, Chicago, Ill., for amicus.

James R. Thompson, U.S. Atty., Gary L. Starkman and Jeffrey Cole, Asst. U.S. Attys., Terence F. MacCarthy, Chicago, Ill., for appellees.

Before CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge, SWYGERT, Circuit Judge, and WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 16, 1975.

SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

The question posed by this appeal is whether the "no-comment" rules of the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois deprive lawyers of their free speech rights under the First Amendment.

The plaintiffs, Chicago Council of Lawyers and seven members of the Chicago bar, brought this action seeking injunctive and declaratory...

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