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GARDEN STATE BAR ASS'N v. MIDDLESEX CTY. ETHICS COMMITTEE

No. 80-1224.

643 F.2d 119 (1981)

GARDEN STATE BAR ASSOCIATION and the New Jersey Association of Black Women Lawyers, both corporations organized under the laws of the State of New Jersey; National Conference of Black Lawyers, a corporation organized under the laws of the District of Columbia; and Lennox Hinds, Appellants, v. MIDDLESEX COUNTY ETHICS COMMITTEE, an agency established by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 24, 1981.

Opinion on Rehearing May 12, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton Stavis (argued), Ctr. for Constitutional Rights, Newark, N. J., Bernard K. Freamon, Seton Hall University Law School, Newark, N. J., Lewis Myers, Jr., Natl. Conf. of Black Lawyers, New York City, Alfred A. Slocum, Newark, N. J., for appellants.

Mary Ann Burgess, Deputy Atty. Gen. (argued), John J. Degnan, Atty. Gen. of N. J., Trenton, N. J., for appellee; Erminie L. Conley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Trenton, N. J., of counsel.

Before ADAMS, WEIS and SLOVITER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion on Rehearing May 12, 1981. See 651 F.2d 154.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

I.

Lennox S. Hinds, a New Jersey attorney, was served by the Middlesex County Ethics Committee with a formal statement of charges arising out of comments made by Hinds in a press conference during the jury selection phase of a criminal trial. The charges initiated disciplinary proceedings. Hinds and three...

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