Legal Opinion
Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Assn.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 2, 1978No. 76-1650PublishedCited by 1,061 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Powell
In Bates v. State Bar of Arizona, 433 U. S. 350 (1977), this Court held that truthful advertising of “routine” legal services is protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments against *449blanket prohibition by a State. The Court expressly reserved the question of the permissible scope of regulation of “in-person solicitation of clients — at the hospital room or the accident site, or in any other situation that breeds undue influence — by attorneys or their agents or 'runners.’ ” Id., at 366. Today we answer part of the question so reserved, and hold that the State — or the Bar acting with…
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