Legal Opinion
Chicago Council of Lawyers v. William J. Bauer, and Terence MacCarthy Intervenors-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 4, 1975No. 74-1305PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*247SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.
The question posed by this appeal is whether the “no-comment” rules of the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois deprive lawyers of their free''" speech rights under the First Amendment.
The plaintiffs, Chicago Council of Lawyers and seven members of the Chicago bar, brought this action seeking injunctive and declaratory relief on behalf of themselves and all lawyers who practice before the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. They sought a determination that Rule 1.07 of the District Court’s Local Criminal Rules (Appendix A) and…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by136 opinions
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- State v. BiegenwaldSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1987
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