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IN RE PETITION FOR RULE OF COURT, ETC.

564 S.W.2d 638 (1978)

In re PETITION FOR RULE OF COURT GOVERNING LAWYER ADVERTISING.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

April 10, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.D. Lee, pro se.

Thomas H. Peebles, III, Gareth S. Aden, Thomas C. Binkley, David B. Herbert, Nashville, for Nashville Bar Assn.

Robert L. McMurray, Bell, Painter, McMurray, Callaway, Brown & Mashburn, Cleveland, Joe V. Gaston, Chattanooga, for Tennessee Bar Assn.

Sidney W. Gilreath, Knoxville, for Tennessee Trial Lawyers Assn.

Larry D. Woods, Woods & Woods, Nashville, amicus curiae for Tennessee Ass'n of Broadcasters; Tennessee Valley Broadcasting Corp.; Mooney Broadcasting Corp.

OPINION

HENRY, Chief Justice.

In the wake of Bates v. State Bar of Arizona, 433 U.S. 350, 97 S.Ct. 2691, 53 L.Ed.2d 810 (1977), we have been presented with various petitions asking that we amend our Code of Professional Responsibility so as to permit lawyer advertising.

J.D. Lee, Esquire, a practicing attorney in Madisonville, asserting that this Court "alone is vested with the supervisory and disciplinary powers...

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