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DEVINE v. ROBINSON

No. 00-CV-4974.

131 F.Supp.2d 963 (2001)

Richard DEVINE, State's Attorney of Cook County, Illinois, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Mary ROBINSON, not individually, but in her official capacity as Administrator of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

January 22, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Ernest Nora, Paul Anthony Castiglione, States Attorneys of Cook County, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff.

Marita Clare Sullivan, Susan Frederick Rhodes, Steven R. Splitt, Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission, Chicago, IL, for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GRADY, District Judge.

The plaintiffs filed this cause of action seeking an injunction to prevent the defendant from enforcing Rules 3.6 and 3.8 of the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct on the basis that the rules infringe the plaintiffs' First Amendment rights to freedom of speech. Before the Court is the defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint. For the reasons explained below, the motion is granted.

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