Legal Opinion
Carroll v. State Bar of California
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 4, 1985No. Civ. 31635PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WORK, J.
The State Bar of California appeals a judgment declaring the Funds for the Provision of Legal Services to the Indigent Act 1 establishes a voluntary, rather than mandatory, program for depositing nominal and/or short-term client trust funds in an aggregated account from which the interest shall be used to fund approved indigent legal services. We find the relevant statute, Business and Professions Code 2 section 6211, subdivision (a), is plain, clear and unambiguous, prescribing a mandatory disposition of client trust funds which, because they are minimal in amount or are to be…
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