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IN RE PRIMUS

No. 77-56.

436 U.S. 412 (1978)

98 S.Ct. 1893

56 L.Ed.2d 417

IN RE PRIMUS

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 30, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray P. McClain argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were Joel M. Gora, Laughlin McDonald, Neil Bradley, and H. Christopher Coates.

Richard B. Kale, Jr., Assistant Attorney General of South Carolina, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief was Daniel R. McLeod, Attorney General.*

MR. JUSTICE POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court.

We consider on this appeal whether a State may punish a member of its Bar who, seeking to further political and ideological goals through associational activity, including litigation, advises a lay person of her legal rights and discloses in a subsequent letter that free legal assistance is available from a nonprofit organization with which the lawyer and her associates are affiliated. Appellant, a member of the...

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