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CONSUMERS UNION OF U. S., INC. v. AMERICAN BAR ASS'N

No. 75-0105-R.

427 F.Supp. 506 (1976)

CONSUMERS UNION OF UNITED STATES, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

December 17, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter H. Schuck, Marsha N. Cohen, Washington, D.C., James W. Benton, Jr., Hill, Tucker & Marsh, Richmond, Va., for plaintiffs.

H. Merrill Pasco, John H. Shenefield, Virginia Hackney, Hunton & Williams, Stuart H. Dunn, John F. Rick, Asst. Attys. Gen., Richmond, Va., for defendants.

Before BRYAN, Circuit Judge, and MERHIGE and WARRINER, District Judges.

MERHIGE, District Judge.

Plaintiffs bring this action to redress an alleged violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiffs seek a declaration that the defendants have violated the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of the plaintiffs and their members to gather, publish and receive factual information in reference to attorneys practicing in Arlington County, Virginia, and seek additionally an injunction permanently enjoining...

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