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| | | Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Assn. (docket #: 76-1650) (1978)
[Findlaw]
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Argument Date
| 01/16/1978 |
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Decided
| 5/30/1978 |
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Supreme Court Vote
| 6-2-0 |
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Supreme Court Ruling
| First Amendment claim denied |
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| | | Issue | Whether the Bar, acting with state authorization, constitutionally may discipline a lawyer for soliciting clients in person, for pecuniary gain, under circumstances likely to pose dangers that the State has a right to prevent. | |
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Majority Opinion
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Powell, J. (Brennan, J. not participating) |
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Concurring Opinion
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Marshall, J., (concurring in part and in judgment) & Renhquist J. (concurring in judgment) |
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Lower Court
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Ohio Supreme Court |
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Lower Court Ruling
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First Amendment claim denied |
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| Briefs |
Girardeau A. Spann and Alan B. Morrison for Public Citizen et al. (for petitioner)
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William B. Spann, Jr., and H. Blair White for the American Bar Assn. (for respondent)
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| Opinion - Lower Court |
48 Ohio St. 2d 217, 357 N. E. 2d 1097
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| Other |
Brody, Steven G. & Johnson, Bruce E.H., ADVERTISING AND COMMERCIAL SPEECH: A FIRST AMENDMENT GUIDE (2nd ed., 2006) §3:9
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