Legal Opinion
Paulsen v. State Bar of Texas
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided October 4, 2001No. 03-00-00254-CVPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIDD, Justice.
We withdraw our opinion and judgment issued March 29, 2001 on motion for rehearing, and substitute this one in its place. This is a case of first impression challenging the ethical viability of the Rules Governing the Operation of the Texas Equal Access to Justice Program (“IOLTA Rules”), which govern Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (“IOLTA accounts”). The IOLTA Rules dictate that interest income generated by IOLTA accounts be remitted to the Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation (“the Foundation”), a Texas non-profit corporation. In Phillips v. Washington Legal…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Phillips v. Washington Legal FoundationSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Washington Legal Foundation v. Massachusetts Bar FoundationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- Sequoia Books, Inc. v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Matter of Interest on Trust AccountsSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
- Carroll v. State Bar of CaliforniaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1985
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