Legal Opinion
Petition by the Mass. Bar Ass'n & the Boston Bar Ass'n
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 23, 1985PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
In June, 1984, the Massachusetts Bar Association (MBA) and the Boston Bar Association (BBA)1 petitioned this court to establish an Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program through an amendment to Canon 9, DR 9-102 of Rule 3:07 of the Rules of the Supreme Judicial Court.2 See Appendix, infra. The petitioners further requested *3the court to appoint an Implementation Committee to oversee the development and execution of an IOLTA plan, if authorized, and to designate the organization or organizations eligible to receive funds generated by any such plan.
On July 2, 1984, we…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Lucas v. EarlSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Webb's Fabulous Pharmacies, Inc. v. BeckwithSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Matter of Interest on Trust AccountsSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
- Chase v. PevearMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Washington Legal Foundation v. Massachusetts Bar FoundationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- Washington Legal Foundation v. Legal Foundation Of WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Washington Legal Foundation v. Texas Equal Access to Justice FoundationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Washington Legal Foundation v. Legal Foundation of WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Cone v. the Florida BarDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1985
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