Legal Opinion
Belli v. State Bar
California Supreme Court
Decided March 1, 1974No. L.A. 30120PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
THE COURT.
We review here a recommendation by the State Bar’s Disciplinary Board that petitioner Melvin Belli be suspended from the practice of law in the State of California for one year. Mr. Belli stands accused of wilful violations of rule 2, section a, of the Rules of Professional Conduct, which declares, in part, that “[a] member of the State Bar shall not solicit professional employment by advertisement or otherwise.”1 The board deter*828mined that Belli violated this proscription primarily through the acts of an agent, one Richard Fulton.
Petitioner Belli gained, entrance to the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Murdock v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Smith v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Martin v. City of StruthersSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by10 opinions
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