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LAWLINE v. AMERICAN BAR ASS'N

No. 88 C 7203.

738 F.Supp. 288 (1990)

LAWLINE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

May 24, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas O'Connell Holstein, Chicago, Ill., Alfred L. Levinson, Park Ridge, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Kathleen K. Flahaven, Asst. Atty. Gen., Neil F. Hartigan, Illinois Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for Supreme Court of Ill., and Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Professional Responsibility.

Darryl DePriest, Alison Breslauer, Gen. Counsel, American Bar Ass'n, Chicago, Ill., for American Bar Assn.

Robert A. Creamer, Richard L. Reinish, A. Benjamin Goldgar, Keck, Mahin & Cate, Dennis A. Rendleman, Gen. Counsel, Ill. State Bar Ass'n, Chicago, Ill., for Illinois State Bar Assn.

Rene A. Torrado, Jr., Stuart D. Kenney, Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, Chicago, Ill., for Chicago Bar Assn.

Anton R. Valukas, U.S. Atty., Gillum Ferguson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for Clifford Meacham and M. Scott Michel.

J. Scott Renfro, Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Com'n, Chicago, Ill., for Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Comn.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HOLDERMAN, District Judge:

I. BACKGROUND FACTS

Lawline is a non-incorporated association of lawyers, paralegals and laypersons founded in 1978 by plaintiff Thomas O'Connell Holstein, an Illinois attorney. According to plaintiffs' voluminous complaint1 the purposes of Lawline are fourfold:

(1) to use law students, paralegals, and lawyers to answer the legal questions of members of...

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