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Petition of Tennessee Bar Ass'n

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 18, 1975PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

FONES, Chief Justice.

The Tennessee Bar Association has filed a petition requesting this Court to impose an annual license fee on each attorney licensed to practice law in the State for the purpose of funding the office of investigative counsel. This office would consist of the necessary attorneys, and supporting personnel, required from time-to-time to investigate complaints of unethical practices of lawyers referred to it by the Executive Committee of said bar association. Failure to pay the annual fee would result in suspension of the right to practice law.

In a supplemental petition…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Ex Parte GarlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
  2. Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Railway Employes' Department v. HansonSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  4. Lathrop v. DonohueSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  5. Cohen v. HurleySupreme Court of the United States · 1961

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Barger v. BrockTennessee Supreme Court · 1976
  2. Petition of BursonTennessee Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico v. SchneiderSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1982
  4. In Re Attorney Discipline SystemCalifornia Supreme Court · 1998
  5. Hunt v. Maricopa County Employees Merit System CommissionArizona Supreme Court · 1980

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