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AMERICAN FAMILY PREPAID LEGAL CORP. v. COLUMBUS BAR ASSOCIATION

No. 06-3758.

498 F.3d 328 (2007)

AMERICAN FAMILY PREPAID LEGAL CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COLUMBUS BAR ASSOCIATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 13, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Philomena M. Dane, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant. Constance M. Greaney, Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Philomena M. Dane, Jessica D. Goldman, Emily E. Root, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant. Constance M. Greaney, Joyce D. Edelman, Jacob H. Huebert, Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee. John N. MacKay, Shumaker Loop & Kendrick, Toledo, Ohio, for Amicus Curiae.

Before: SILER and GILMAN, Circuit Judges; ZATKOFF, District Judge.

OPINION

SILER, Circuit Judge.

American Family Prepaid Legal Corporation ("American Family") appeals the district court's dismissal, on abstention grounds, of its constitutional due process challenge to the Ohio Supreme Court rule governing the unauthorized practice of law. Under Rule VII, Section 5(a) of the Ohio Supreme Court Rules for the Government of the Bar (the "Rule"), the unauthorized practice of law committee of any bar association may file a motion...

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