Legal Opinion
Farrin v. Thigpen
District Court, M.D. North Carolina
Decided August 16, 2001No. 00CV1122PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
OSTEEN, District Judge.
This case was brought by Plaintiffs James Scott Farrin (Farrin), Michael Lewis (Lewis), David D. Daggett (Daggett), and Market Masters — Legal, a Resonance Company, Inc. (Market Masters) to challenge on First Amendment grounds 2000 Formal Ethics Opinion 6 (2000 FEO 6) adopted by the North Carolina State Bar (State Bar). The State Bar determined that a specific television ad run by Plaintiffs, the “Strategy Session,” was misleading and created unjustified expectations in violation of Rule 7.1 of the Revised Rules of Professional…
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