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DURHAM v. BROCK

No. 80-3019-NA-CV.

498 F.Supp. 213 (1980)

Bart DURHAM v. Hon. Ray L. BROCK, Jr., Chief Justice; Hon. Joseph W. Henry, Justice; Hon. Robert E. Cooper, Justice; Hon. William H. D. Fones, Justice; Hon. William J. Harbison, Justice, all of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, and Hon. William E. Leech, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of Tennessee.

United States District Court, M. D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.

March 18, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bart C. Durham, III, pro se.

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Claudius C. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

MORTON, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff in this action seeks declaratory and injunctive relief against two portions of amendments adopted by the Tennessee Supreme Court and thereby made a part of the state's Code of Professional Responsibility. The amendments have the effect of limiting the content of lawyer advertising which the plaintiff contends are regulations violative of first amendment protections which are guaranteed to legitimate commercial...

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