SPERRY v. FLORIDA

No. 322.

373 U.S. 379 (1963)

SPERRY v. FLORIDA EX REL. FLORIDA BAR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 27, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlisle M. Moore argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Oscar A. Mellin, LeRoy Hanscom and Jack E. Hursh.

F. Trowbridge vom Baur argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Sherwood Spencer, J. Lewis Hall, Donald J. Bradshaw and John Houston Gunn.

Briefs of amici curiae, urging reversal, were filed by Solicitor General Cox, Acting Assistant Attorney General Guilfoyle, Louis F. Claiborne and Morton Hollander for the United States; by John R. Turney, D. W. Markham and Nuel D. Belnap for the Association of Interstate Commerce Commission Practitioners; by Roger Robb for the American Association of Registered Patent Attorneys and Agents; and by Arthur B. Hanson and Emmett E. Tucker, Jr. for the American Chemical Society.

Briefs of amici curiae, urging affirmance, were filed by F. Trowbridge vom Baur, H. H. Perry, Jr., Wayland B. Cedarquist, Raymond Reisler and Warren H. Resh for the American Bar Association; by Lyman Brownfield and Phillip K. Folk for numerous State Bar Associations; and by William H. Webb for the American Patent Law Association.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner is a practitioner registered to practice before the United States Patent Office. He has not been admitted to practice law before the Florida or any other bar. Alleging, among other things, that petitioner "is engaged in the unauthorized practice of law, in that although he is not a member of The Florida Bar, he nevertheless maintains an office . . . in Tampa, Florida, . . . holds himself out to...

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