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RAPP v. COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS & CONDUCT

Civ. No. 80-366-D.

504 F.Supp. 1092 (1980)

Stephen J. RAPP and William H. Gilliam, d/b/a Rapp & Gilliam, A Professional Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. The COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT OF the IOWA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, and its Chairman, John Gamble, in his official capacity, and the Iowa Supreme Court and the individual members thereof, W. W. Reynoldson, Clay LeGrand, Harvey Uhlenhopp, David Harris, Mark McCormick, Robert G. Allbee, Arthur A. McGivern, Jerry L. Larson and Louis W. Schultz, in their official capacities, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Iowa, C. D.

December 31, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen, Babich & Bennett, Gordon E. Allen, Leslie Babich, Mark W. Bennett, Des Moines, Iowa, for plaintiffs.

Paul F. Ahlers and H. Richard Smith, Ahlers, Cooney, Dorweiler, Haynie & Smith, Des Moines, Iowa, for the Iowa Supreme Court and individual members thereof.

Lee H. Gaudineer, Jr., and Carlton G. Salmons, Austin & Gaudineer, Des Moines, Iowa, for the Committee and its chairman.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND RULINGS ON DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

VIETOR, District Judge.

Plaintiffs are lawyers licensed by and practicing law in the state of Iowa. On June 24, 1980, they filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, with jurisdiction predicated under 28 U.S.C. § 1343, challenging the constitutionality of provisions of the Iowa Code of Professional Ethics regulating lawyer advertising. Plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive...

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