IOWA SUPREME COURT BD. v. WHERRY

No. 97-777.

569 N.W.2d 822 (1997)

IOWA SUPREME COURT BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS & CONDUCT, Appellee, v. James C. WHERRY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 22, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Wherry, Davenport, pro se.

Norman Bastemeyer and Charles L. Harrington, Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, NEUMAN, ANDREASEN, and TERNUS, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

In Bates v. State Bar of Arizona, 433 U.S. 350, 382-83, 97 S.Ct. 2691, 2708-09, 53 L.Ed.2d 810, 835 (1977), states were denied authority to prohibit advertising by practicing lawyers. The question in this appeal, as we see it, comes down to whether, having submitted to the rule in Bates, states can adopt and enforce lawyer advertising rules to assure that, in addition to being reasonable, the advertising...

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