Legal Opinion
Hawkins v. Walvoord
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided August 3, 2000No. 08-98-00441-CVPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUSAN LARSEN, Justice.
Plaintiff Allan Hawkins, an attorney in Midland, Texas, appeals the trial court’s final summary judgment for all defendants. Hawkins’ lawsuit stems from his refusal to accept court appointments to represent indigent criminal defendants, or alternatively participate in the Midland County Bar Plan (the Plan) allowing him to opt out of such appointments by paying a yearly fee. We affirm.
FACTS
In the early 1980s, the Midland County Bar Association adopted the Plan to facilitate appointment of attorneys to represent indigents charged with crimes. Before the Plan was…
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