BEARD v. NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR

No. 94PA87.

357 S.E.2d 694 (1987)

320 N.C. 126

Hugh Joseph BEARD, Jr., v. The NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 7, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh Joseph Beard, Jr., Washington, D.C., in pro. per.

James E. Tucker and L. Thomas Lunsford, II, Raleigh, for The North Carolina State Bar, defendant-appellee.


MARTIN, Justice.

Plaintiff challenges the constitutionality of the order of this Court, 29 August 1984, establishing the Client Security Fund and requiring each attorney admitted to practice in North Carolina to pay $50 each year into the fund. We hold the order to be constitutional and affirm the judgment of the superior court.

The facts are undisputed. On 13 April 1984 defendant petitioned the Supreme Court of North Carolina to approve the establishment...

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