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TOUCHY v. HOUSTON LEGAL FOUNDATION

No. B-448.

432 S.W.2d 690 (1968)

Hugo A. TOUCHY et al., Petitioners, v. HOUSTON LEGAL FOUNDATION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied October 23, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick W. Robinson, Herbert Finkelstein, Houston, for petitioners.

Leroy Jeffers, Curtiss Brown, Houston, for respondent.

SMITH, Justice.

The question presented in this case is whether a lawyer has standing to maintain a suit to enjoin a corporation from violating the Texas Canons of Ethics, engaging in the unauthorized practice of law, and engaging in practices which are demeaning to the legal profession and economically harmful to individual practitioners. In effect, the courts below have held that a lawyer does not have standing to bring such a suit. Tex.Civ.App.,

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