TEXANS AGAINST CENSORSHIP v. STATE BAR OF TEXAS

No. 3:94 cv 61.

888 F.Supp. 1328 (1995)

TEXANS AGAINST CENSORSHIP, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. STATE BAR OF TEXAS, James A. McCormack, and the District 1A Grievance Committee of the State Bar of Texas, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Paris Division.

March 31, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Babcock, Alan N. Greenspan, Susan L. Weiss, Dallas, TX, Ken Poland, Houston, TX, for plaintiffs.

Tracey Crawford, Michael A. Hatchell, Tyler, TX, James E. Coleman, Jr., George M. Kryder, Dallas, TX, Elizabeth D. Whitaker, David S. Coale, Dallas, TX, Russell H. McMains, Corpus Christi, TX, James M. McCormack, Austin, TX, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

JUSTICE, District Judge.

I. Introduction

This civil action, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, presents many complicated and thorny issues concerning whether regulations which restrict the manner in which lawyers licensed to practice law in Texas may advertise their services, or otherwise solicit business, abridge, inter alia, the right to freedom of expression under the First Amendment. The Supreme Court of Texas...

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