Laird Palmer v. Garson C. Jackson, Clerk of the Supreme Court of Texas in Its Statutory Role Pursuant to the State Bar Act of Texas

FAY, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, ten licensed Texas attorneys, instituted a class action against various officials of the State Bar of Texas. 1 They now seek reversal of the district court order dismissing the case on Pullman abstention grounds. Affirming the judgment of the district court, we hold that abstention is appropriate in this case.

The State Bar of Texas (hereinafter Texas bar or state bar) was created as “an administrative agency of the Judicial Department of the state” by the State Bar Act, (the Act), Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 320a-1, § 2 (Vernon) (Supp.1977). 2 The Texas bar is an…