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SHAPERO v. KENTUCKY BAR ASSN.

No. 87-16.

486 U.S. 466 (1988)

108 S.Ct. 1916

100 L.Ed.2d 475

SHAPERO v. KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 13, 1988

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald L. Cox argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Mary Janice Lintner.

Frank P. Doheny, Jr., argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Joseph L. Lenihan.*

JUSTICE BRENNAN announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court as to Parts I and II and an opinion as to Part III in which JUSTICE MARSHALL, JUSTICE BLACKMUN, and JUSTICE KENNEDY join.

This case presents the issue whether a State may, consistent with the First and Fourteenth Amendments, categorically prohibit lawyers from soliciting legal business for pecuniary gain by sending truthful and nondeceptive letters to potential clients known...

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