Legal Opinion
Polk v. State Bar of Texas
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided April 3, 1974No. Civ. A. CA-3-6040PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ROBERT M. HILL, District Judge.
This § 1983 action seeks to enjoin the State Bar of Texas, its officers, board of directors and the members of the grievance committee for the fifth bar district from issuing a public reprimand against the plaintiff Ed J. Polk, a licensed Texas attorney.
Originally this court dismissed this suit on the grounds that the doctrine of federal-state comity dictated that this matter should first be litigated in the courts of the State of Texas since the professional standards challenged by the plaintiff were established by the Texas Supreme Court and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Spevack v. KleinSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
- State Bar v. SemaanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Ed J. Polk, on Behalf of Himself, and All Others Similarly Situated v. The State Bar of TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by20 opinions
- In Re HindsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1982
- State v. RussellSupreme Court of Kansas · 1980
- Begg v. MoffittDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1983
- In Re a Member of State Bar of Arizona RileyArizona Supreme Court · 1984
- State ex rel. Nebraska State Bar Ass'n v. MichaelisNebraska Supreme Court · 1982
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