STATE EX REL. PORTER v. ALA. ASS'N OF CREDIT EX.

SC 1496.

338 So.2d 812 (1976)

STATE of Alabama on the relation of Irvine C. PORTER, Chairman of the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee of the Alabama State Bar, and Irvine C. Porter, Individually, v. ALABAMA ASSOCIATION OF CREDIT EXECUTIVES, a corporation.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

As Modified on Denial Of Rehearing September 10, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin Cherner, Birmingham, for appellants.

Charles Cleveland, Birmingham, for appellee.

Drayton T. Scott, Birmingham, for Commercial Law League of America and the National Assn. of Credit Management, amicus curiae.


MADDOX, Justice.

This is a "quo warranto" proceeding brought in the name of the State of Alabama on the relation of Irvine C. Porter, the Chairman of the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee of the Alabama State Bar Association. The jury found that by virtue of its collection business, the Association is engaged in the unauthorized practice of law. The trial judge ordered the Association to refrain from certain activities but allowed it to continue collecting "undisputed...

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