Legal Opinion
Washington Legal Foundation v. Legal Foundation of Washington
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 10, 2001No. 98-35154PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:
This case raises constitutional questions about Washington’s program for applying interest on lawyers’ (and others’) trust accounts to various good works.
I. FACTS
Lawyers’ ethical requirements have long required that “[mjoney of the client or collected for the client ... should be reported and accounted for promptly, and should not under any circumstances be commingled with his own or be used by him.”1 The contemporary formulation is that a “lawyer shall hold property of clients or third persons that is in a lawyer’s possession in connection with a representation…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal CouncilSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by4 opinions
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