Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Richard A. Samp, with whom Daniel J. Popeo, John C. Scully, and Francis C. Newton, Jr. were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.
Allan van Gestel, with whom James C. Rehnquist, John C. Kissinger, Jr., and Goodwin Procter & Hoar were on brief, for Massachusetts Bar Foundation, William W. Porter, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Scott Harshbarger, Atty. Gen., on brief for Massachusetts IOLTA Committee, Donald K. Stern, S. Tara Miller, and Hale and Dorr on brief for Boston Bar Foundation, Joseph L. Kociubes, Stephanie A. Kelly, Diane E. Cooley, and Bingham, Dana & Gould on brief for Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corp., defendants, appellees.
William W. Porter, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Scott Harshbarger, Atty. Gen., on brief for The Chair of Massachusetts Bd. of Bar Overseers, defendant, appellee.
William W. Porter, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Scott Harshbarger, Atty. Gen., on brief for The Justices of Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, defendants, appellees.
Peter M. Siegel, Randall C. Berg, Jr., and Arthur J. England, Jr., and Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen & Quentel, P.A. on brief for Alabama Law Foundation, Inc., Alabama State Bar, Arkansas IOLTA Foundation, State Bar of Arizona, Arizona Bar Foundation, The State Bar of California, The Legal Services Trust Fund Com'n of State Bar of California, Colorado Bar Ass'n, Colorado Lawyer Trust Account Foundation, Connecticut Bar Foundation, Connecticut Bar Ass'n, Delaware Bar Foundation, Delaware State Bar Ass'n, The Florida Bar, The Florida Bar Foundation, Georgia Bar Foundation, State Bar of Georgia, Hawaii Bar Foundation, Hawaii State Bar Ass'n, Idaho Law Foundation, Inc., Idaho State Bar, Illinois State Bar Ass'n, Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois, The Iowa State Bar Ass'n, Kansas Bar Foundation, Kentucky IOLTA Fund, Louisiana State Bar Ass'n, Maine Bar Foundation, Maine State Bar Ass'n, Maryland Legal Services Corp., Maryland State Bar Ass'n, Inc., State Bar of Michigan, Michigan State Bar Foundation, Inc., Minnesota Lawyer Trust Account Bd., The Missouri Bar, Missouri Lawyer Trust Account Foundation, Nat. Ass'n of IOLTA Programs, Inc., Nat. Legal Aid & Defender Ass'n (NLADA), Nevada Law Foundation, New Hampshire Bar Ass'n, New Hampshire Bar Foundation, New Jersey State Bar Ass'n, New Jersey State Bar Foundation, The IOLTA Fund of the Bar of New Jersey, New Mexico Bar Foundation, New York State Bar Ass'n, Interest on Lawyer Account Fund of the State of New York, North Carolina Bar Ass'n, North Carolina State Bar Plan for Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts, State Bar Ass'n of North Dakota, Ohio Legal Services Program of Ohio Public Defender Com'n, Oklahoma Bar Foundation, Inc., Oregon Law Foundation, Oregon State Bar, Pennsylvania Bar Ass'n, Lawyer Trust Account Bd. [Pennsylvania], Philadelphia Bar Ass'n, Rhode Island Bar Foundation, Seattle-King County Bar Ass'n, South Carolina Bar, The South Carolina Bar Foundation, South Dakota Bar Foundation, Tennessee Bar Ass'n, Tennessee Bar Foundation, Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation, State Bar of Texas, Utah Bar Foundation, Utah State Bar, Vermont Bar Ass'n, Vermont Bar Foundation, The Virginia Bar Ass'n, Virginia Law Foundation, Virginia State Bar, Washington State Bar Ass'n, Legal Foundation of Washington, West Virginia Bar Foundation, Inc., West Virginia State Bar, amici curiae.
J. Michael McWilliams, Dennis A. Kaufman, and John H. Morrison on brief for The American Bar Ass'n, amicus curiae.
Gerald B. Gallagher, on brief pro se, amicus curiae.
Kathleen McDonald O'Malley, Chief Counsel, Patrick A. Devine, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee Fisher, Atty. Gen., of Oh., Winston Bryant, Atty. Gen., of Ark., Richard Blumenthal, Atty. Gen., of Conn., Larry EchoHawk, Atty. Gen., of Id., Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen. of Ill., Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen. of Ia., Michael E. Carpenter, Atty. Gen. of Me., J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen. of Md., Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen. of Minn., Mario J. Palumbo, Atty. Gen. of W.Va., Mike Moore, Atty. Gen. of Miss., Frankie Sue Del Papa, Atty. Gen. of Nev., Robert J. Del Tufo, Atty. Gen. of N.J., Tom Udall, Atty. Gen. of N.M., Nicholas J. Spaeth, Atty. Gen. of N.D., Earnest D. Preate, Jr., Atty. Gen. of Penn., Dan Morales, Atty. Gen. of Tex., Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Atty. Gen. of Vt., Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of N.Y., Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. of Tenn., Ken Eikenberry, Atty. Gen. of Wash., and Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen. of Va., on brief for the States of Oh., Ark., Conn., Id., Ill., Ia., Me., Md., Minn., Miss., Nev., N.J., N.M., N.Y., N.D., Penn., Tenn., Tex., Vt., Wash., W.Va., and Va., amici curiae.
Before BREYER, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
