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CONSUMERS UNION OF U.S. v. VIRGINIA STATE BAR

Nos. 81-1155(L), 81-1156.

688 F.2d 218 (1982)

CONSUMERS UNION OF UNITED STATES, INC.; Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Appellees, v. VIRGINIA STATE BAR; James C. Roberts, in his capacity as President of the Virginia State Bar; Alex Mayo, in his capacity as Chairman of the Legal Ethics Committee, Virginia State Bar, Defendants, and Supreme Court of Virginia; Hon. Lawrence I'Anson, individually and in his capacity as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, Appellants. CONSUMERS UNION OF UNITED STATES, INC.; Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Appellants, v. VIRGINIA STATE BAR; James C. Roberts, in his capacity as President of the Virginia State Bar; Alex Mayo, in his capacity as Chairman of the Legal Ethics Committee, Virginia State Bar, Appellees, and Supreme Court of Virginia; Hon. Lawrence I'Anson, individually and in his capacity as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 9, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis T. Booker, Richmond, Va., (Virginia N. Powell, L. Neal Ellis, Jr., Roger L. Gregory, Hunton & Williams; Marshall Coleman, Atty. Gen., Walter H. Ryland, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellants.

Ellen Broadman, Washington, D. C. (Alan Mark Silbergeld, Washington, D. C., James W. Benton, Jr., Hill, Tucker & Marsh, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellants in No. 81-1156 and appellees in No. 81-1155.

O. Randolph Rollins, Richmond, Va. (Robert H. Patterson, Jr., Anne Marie Whittemore, Judith B. Henry, McGuire, Woods & Battle, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge, and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge.

FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge:

These appeals from the decision of the three-judge District Court come to us following two prior appeals to the Supreme Court of the United States during the pendency of this action. In the second appeal, Supreme Court of Virginia v. Consumers Union of the United States, Inc., 446 U.S. 719, 100 S.Ct. 1967, 64 L.Ed.2d 641 (1980), the Court held that Virginia's Disciplinary Rule (D.R.), 2-102(A)(6)...

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