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LEONI v. STATE BAR

Docket No. L.A. 31851.

39 Cal.3d 609 (1985)

704 P.2d 183

217 Cal. Rptr. 423

ANDREW LEONI et al., Petitioners, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

August 22, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Horvitz & Levy, Ellis J. Horvitz and Ellen Lake for Petitioners.

Samuel Bufford, Gendel, Raskoff, Shapiro & Quittner and Fred Okrand as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

Herbert M. Rosenthal, Truitt A. Richey, Jr., Ellen A. Pansky and R. Gerald Markle for Respondent.

OPINION

THE COURT.

What is the standard for determining whether a lawyer's solicitation of clients by mass mailings and informational pamphlets is misleading? We are asked to address this issue in our review of a recommendation of the State Bar that petitioners, Andrew Leoni and Houston Slate, be suspended from the practice of law for 30 days because their letter program — the mailing of some 250,000 letters and informational...

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