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BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF THE BAR v. LEE

422 A.2d 998 (1980)

BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF the BAR v. Freddie F. LEE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided November 17, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Freddie F. Lee (orally), East Baldwin, for plaintiff.

Michael E. Barr (orally), Augusta, for Board of Overseers of the Bar.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., WERNICK, GODFREY, NICHOLS, GLASSMAN, and CARTER, JJ., and DUFRESNE, A. R. J.

NICHOLS, Justice.

In a case novel in this jurisdiction as a challenge to the power vested by our Constitution2 in the Supreme Judicial Court as one of the three co-equal branches of government, an attorney, Freddie F. Lee, disputes the right of the Supreme Judicial Court by promulgation of the Maine Bar Rules to require every attorney in active practice in our state to pay an annual registration fee to the Board of Overseers of the Bar...

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