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FARRIN v. THIGPEN

No. 00CV1122.

173 F.Supp.2d 427 (2001)

James Scott FARRIN, Michael Lewis, David D. Daggett, Market Masters, Legal, a Resonance Company, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Cressie H. THIGPEN, Jr., President of the North Carolina State Bar, Ann Reed, President-Elect of the North Carolina State Bar, E. Fitzgerald Parnell, III, Vice-President of the North Carolina State Bar, Robert C. Sink, Past President of the North Carolina State Bar, Steven D. Michael, Charles W. Ogletree, Mark W. Owens, Jr., David A. Stoller, John R. Parker, Jr., Councilors, Robert W. Johnson, Cary Whitaker, William H. "Buddy" Jones, Jr., Henry C. Babb, B. Geoffrey Hulse, Julius E. Banzet, III, George B. Daniel, Barbara B. Weyher, James K. Dorsett, III, Howard P. Satisky, John B. McMillan, C. Colon Willoughby, Jr., N. Hunter Wyche, Jr., Maria M. Lynch, Robert A. Spence, Jr., H. Gerald Beaver, H. Clifton Hester, N. Joanne Foil, Robert O. Belo, Charles E. Davis, Lunsford Long, Daniel B. Dean, John Breckenridge Regan, III, Kenneth D. Knight, Carroll F. Gardner, Betty J. Pearce, William O. Cooke, Jr., Jan H. Samet, Samuel F. Davis, Jr., Richard G. Roose, John L. Holshouser, Jr., Fred D. Poisson, Sr., Dudley Humphrey, Roy G. Hall, Jr., Richard V. Bennett, Gary W. Thomas, Dennis R. Joyce, Garrett D. Bailey, H. Houston Groome, Jr., J. Michael Booe, Nelson M. Casstevens, Jr., Marylaurel E. Wilks, Samuel M. Millette, Calvin E. Murphy, Irwin W. "Hank" Hankins, III, Edward T. Hinson, Jr., Jim R. Funderburk, Don M. Pendleton, Sara Davis, Sharon Alexander, Robert F. "Bud" Siler, Aurelia W. Erwin, Hermon F. Fox, Terry E. Garrison, Members of the North Carolina State Bar Council, Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. North Carolina.

Order Amending in Part Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law August 16, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harrell Hugh Stevens, Jr., Everett, Gaskins, Hancock & Stevens, Raleigh, NC, Harrell Hugh Stevens, David B. Freedman, White and Crumpler, Winston-Salem, NC, for Plaintiffs.

Norma S. Harrell, N.C. Dept. of Justice, Raleigh, NC, Thomas F. Moffitt, N.C. Dept. of Justice Special Deputy Atty. General, Raleigh, NC, Aldert Root Edmonson, N.C. State Bar, Raleigh, NC, for Defendants.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

OSTEEN, District Judge.

This case was brought by Plaintiffs James Scott Farrin (Farrin), Michael Lewis (Lewis), David D. Daggett (Daggett), and Market Masters — Legal, a Resonance Company, Inc. (Market Masters) to challenge on First Amendment grounds 2000 Formal Ethics Opinion 6 (2000 FEO 6) adopted by the North Carolina State Bar (State Bar). The State Bar determined that a specific television ad run...

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