HUNTER v. VIRGINIA STATE BAR EX REL. THIRD DISTRIT COMMITTEE

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney A. Smolla ( Horace F. Hunter , Hunter & Lipton, Richmond, on briefs), for appellant.

Renu M. Brennan , Assistant Bar Counsel ( Edward L. Davis , Bar Counsel, on brief), for appellee.

Amicus Curiae: Virginia Association of Broadcasters ( George W. House ; Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, on brief), in support of appellant.

Amici Curiae: Virginia Press Association, Newspaper Association of America, Gannett Co., Inc., The New York Times Company, and The Washington Post ( Clifford M. Sloan ; Frank E. Correll, Jr. ; Paul M. Kerlin ; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, on brief) in support of appellant.

Amicus Curiae: The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression ( Deana Kessler ; J. Joshua Wheeler , Charlottesville; Baker & Hostetler, on brief) in support of appellant.

Present: All the Justices.