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| | | Issue | Whether a rule barring lawyers from advertising certification as a legal specialist violated the First Amendment's freedom of speech clause. | |
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Majority Opinion
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Blackmun, J. |
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Concurring Opinion
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Burger, C.J. (concurring & dissenting in part), & Powell (concurring & dissenting in part, joined by Stewart, J.), & |
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Dissenting Opinion
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Rehnquist, J. (dissentingi n part) |
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Lower Court
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Arizona Supreme Court |
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Lower Court Ruling
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First Amendment claim denied |
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Oral Arguments
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Oral Arguments
[Oyez]
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Deputy Solicitor General Friedman argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal.
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| Briefs |
Alfred L. Scanlan & George W. Liebmann for the Maryland State Bar Assn., Inc.
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Andrew P. Miller, Attorney General of Virginia, Stuart H. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General & John J. Miles, Assistant Attorney General, for the Virginia State Bar
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Deputy Solicitor General Friedman for the United States as amicus curiae joined by Solicitor General Robert Bork, Assistant Attorney General Baker & Barry Grossman
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Edward L. Lascher, Herbert M. Rosenthal & Stuart A. Forsyth for the State Bar of California
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Ellis Lyons, Bennett Boskey & Edward A. Groobert for the American Optometric Assn.
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James W. Rankin & Donald E. Scott for the American Veterinary Medical Assn.
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John J. Relihan & Martin J. Solomon for the Arizona Credit Union League, Inc.
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John R. Schmidt for the Chicago Council of Lawyers
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Justin A. Stanley & H. Blair White for the American Bar Assn.
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Peter H. Schuck and Alan B. Morrison for the Consumers Union of United States, Inc.
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Peter M. Sfikas for the American Dental Assn.
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Philip L. Goar for the Mountain Plains Congress of Senior Organizations et al.
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Rufus L. Edmisten, Attorney General of North Carolina, Andrew A. Vanore, Jr., Senior Deputy Attorney General, Norma S. Harrell, Associate Attorney General & Harry W. McGalliard for the State Bar of North Carolina
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Blake, Gene, "New Bar Board Stands Firm on Attorney Ads," The Los Angeles Times, Oct. 29, 1976, Sect. D, p. 1
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Hager, Philip, "High Court Agrees to Decide Whether Lawyers May Advertise for Business," The Los Angeles Times, Oct. 5, 1976, Sect. B, p. 14
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Brody, Steven G. & Johnson, Bruce E. H., ADVERTISING AND COMMERCIAL SPEECH: A FIRST AMENDMENT GUIDE (2ND ED., 2006), sect.3.8
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Majority Opinion
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Stevens, J. |
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Concurring Opinion
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Marshall, J. (joined by Brennan, J.) |
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Dissenting Opinion
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White, J., & O'Connor, J. (joined by Rehnquist, J. & Scalia, J.) |
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Lower Court
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Illinois Supreme Court |
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Lower Court Ruling
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First Amendment claim denied |
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Oral Arguments
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Audio (Oyez)
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Burt Neuborne for the Association of National Advertisers, Inc. (for petitioner)
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Clarance E. Hagglund for the Academy of Certified Trial Lawyers of Minnesota
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Daniel J. Popeo, Paul D. Kamenar, Alan M. Slobodin, and Richard Samp for the Washington Legal Foundation et al. (for petitioner)
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David C. Vladeck and Alan B. Morrison for Public Citizen (for petitioner)
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Jeffrey Robert White and Russ M. Herman for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America et al. (for petitioner)
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Philip B. Kurland and Alan S. Madans for the American Advertising Federation, Inc. (for petitioner)
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Stephen J. Marzen for the Federal Trade Commission (for petitioner)
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Timothy Wilton and Jacob D. Fuchsberg for the National Board of Trial Advocacy
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126 Ill. 2d 397, 534 N. E. 2d 980
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Lipman, Joanne, "Case Fans Concern for Firms' Free Speech," The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 12, 1989, Sect. B, p. 5
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Margolick, David, "At the Bar," The New York Times, Dec. 15, 1989, Sect. B, p. 20
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Brody, Steven G. & Johnson, Bruce E.H., ADVERTISING AND COMMERCIAL SPEECH: A FIRST AMENDMENT GUIDE (2nd ed., 2006) §5:6
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