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THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS v. GOMEZ

No. D-4218.

891 S.W.2d 243 (1994)

THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS, James Parsons, III, in his capacity as President of the State Bar of Texas and Karen Johnson, in her capacity as Executive Director of the State Bar of Texas, Petitioners, v. Maria GOMEZ, Alicia Naveja, and Leonardo Chavez, on Behalf of Themselves and Others Similarly Situated, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided December 22, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn Liberato, Houston, Linda A. Acevedo, Austin, Alene Ross Levy, Jeffrey T. Nobles, Houston, Broadus A. Spivey, Eric R. Galton, James M. McCormack, Austin, for petitioners.

Virginia Agnew, Charles Herring, Jr., James C. Harrington, Austin, for respondents.

CORNYN, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, and HECHT and ENOCH, Justices, join.

The sole question presented for our determination is whether the district court below has jurisdiction of this suit, which complains of the failure of the State Bar of Texas to compel member lawyers to provide free legal services to Texans who cannot pay for those services. We conclude that the district court correctly dismissed the case for...

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