BISHOP v. COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS, ETC.

Nos. 81-2020, 81-2021 and 82-1012.

686 F.2d 1278 (1982)

Gary T. BISHOP, Appellant, v. COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT OF the IOWA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION and its Chairman, James E. Cooney, in his official capacity, Appellees. Gary T. BISHOP, Appellee, v. COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT OF the IOWA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION and its Chairman, James E. Cooney, in his official capacity, Appellants. (Two cases)

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee H. Gaudineer, Carlton G. Salmons, Hedo M. Zacherle, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellee.

Mark W. Bennett, Staff Atty., Des Moines, Iowa, for appellant.

Before ROSS and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges, and VAN PELT, Senior District Judge.


ROSS, Circuit Judge.

Background

On January 22, 1981, the appellant, Gary T. Bishop, filed an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976) and 28 U.S.C. § 1343 (1976) challenging the constitutionality of the Disciplinary Rules of the Iowa Code of Professional Responsibility limiting the means and content of lawyer advertising. Bishop, a licensed attorney practicing law in Iowa at the time the action was filed, alleged that he wished to use means...

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