Legal Opinion
Lawline v. American Bar Ass'n
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided May 24, 1990No. 88 C 7203PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HOLDERMAN, District Judge:
I. BACKGROUND FACTS
Lawline is a non-incorporated association of lawyers, paralegals and laypersons founded in 1978 by plaintiff Thomas O’Con-nell Holstein, an Illinois attorney. According to plaintiffs’ voluminous complaint 1 the purposes of Lawline are fourfold:(1) to use law students, paralegals, and lawyers to answer the legal questions of members of the general public over the telephone without charge and to assist them in pro se representation and routine quasi-administrative proceedings;(2) to make referrals to public and private…
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