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Durham v. Brock

District Court, M.D. Tennessee

Decided March 18, 1980No. 80-3019-NA-CVPublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM

MORTON, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff in this action seeks declaratory and injunctive relief against two portions of amendments adopted by the Tennessee Supreme Court and thereby made a part of the state’s Code of Professional Responsibility. The amendments have the effect of limiting the content of lawyer advertising which the plaintiff contends are regulations violative of first amendment protections which are guaranteed to legitimate commercial speech.

A federal question is presented in which the value of the right asserted exceeds $10,-000 exclusive of interest and costs.…

2Cases cited49 opinions

  1. Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  4. Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. CampSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  5. National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Elizabeth D. Duncan v. David B. PoythressCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
  2. Texans Against Censorship v. State Bar of TexasDistrict Court, E.D. Texas · 1995
  3. Petition of Felmeister & IsaacsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1986
  4. Ackerson v. Kentucky Judicial Retirement & Removal CommissionDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1991
  5. Spencer v. Honorable Justices of Supreme Ct. of Pa.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1984

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