POPEJOY v. NEW MEXICO BD. OF BAR COM'RS

Civ. No. 92-1462JB.

831 F.Supp. 814 (1993)

Thomas L. POPEJOY, Jr., Mickey D. Barnett, James A. Branch, Jr., James A. Burke, Joel B. Burnstein, Michael K. Daniels, Mark H. Donatelli, Steven G. Farber, Vicki L. Gabin, Helen L. Lopez, Kerry J. Morris, Gary D. Ottinger, Ellen Pinnes, Linda L. Rigsby, Joseph A. Roberts, William E. Snead, Harold D. Stratton, Jr., Michael Eugene Vigil, and Judith C. Wallner, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. NEW MEXICO BOARD OF BAR COMMISSIONERS, Linda L. McDonald, and State Bar of New Mexico, a non-profit corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Mexico.

August 26, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Rubin, Santa Fe, NM and William G. Walker, Albuquerque, NM, for plaintiffs.

William S. Dixon, Andrew G. Schultz, Charles Kipp Purcell, and Michael B. Browde, Albuquerque, NM, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BURCIAGA, Chief Judge.

Driven from every other corner of the earth, freedom of thought and the right of private judgment in matters of conscience direct their course to this ... country as their last asylum.1

It is ironic that attorneys, relentlessly disparaged by the public, are now depreciated by their own, who claim attorneys are not entitled to the same guarantees of freedom...

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