Legal Opinion
In Re Rachmiel
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided August 4, 1982PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
HANDLER, J.
In this case, as in the companion case of In the Matter of Lennox Hinds, 90 N.J. 604 (1982), also decided today, we must determine the constitutionality of certain disciplinary rules regulating the extrajudicial speech of attorneys. The primary disciplinary rule involved bars an attorney associated either with the prosecution or defense of a criminal case from commenting on the guilt or innocence of the accused, the evidence or the merits of the case. DR 7-107(B)(6). We must now determine the free speech standards to be applied and the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Middlesex County Ethics Committee v. Garden State Bar Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by36 opinions
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