Legal Opinion

In Re Utah State Bar Petition for Approval of Changes in Disciplinary Rules on Advertising

Utah Supreme Court

Decided May 7, 1982No. 18024Published

1Opinion of the Court

647 P.2d 991 (1982)

In re UTAH STATE BAR PETITION FOR APPROVAL OF CHANGES IN DISCIPLINARY RULES ON ADVERTISING.

No. 18024.

Supreme Court of Utah.

May 7, 1982.

Dean W. Sheffield, Salt Lake City, for State Bar.

OAKS, Justice:

Following the United States Supreme Court's decision that the free speech protections of the Constitution prevent the states from entirely prohibiting truthful advertising of the availability and price of legal services, Bates v. State Bar of Arizona, 433 U.S. 350, 97 S.Ct. 2691, 53 L.Ed.2d 810 (1977), this Court adopted changes to the Disciplinary Rules under Canon 2 of the Code…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Bates v. State Bar of ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Bates v. State Bar of ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. Friedman v. RogersSupreme Court of the United States · 1979

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