O'QUINN v. State Bar of Texas

I concur in the result reached by the Court but do not agree with its reasoning. We should have swiftly and summarily held that the trial court committed error in ruling on the constitutionality of the disciplinary rules because the trial court could have denied the injunction on other grounds. I am also concerned that by ruling on the constitutional claim asserted here by way of a request for injunctive relief, we have set a dangerous precedent *405that will come back to haunt us. Other ingenious lawyers seeking to gain a postponement of a trial on the merits will buy time for their clients by…