Legal Opinion
Brown v. McGarr
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 3, 1985No. 84-1591PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, James Brown, appeals the district court’s holding that the Northern District of Illinois’ adoption of rules creating a trial bar to improve advocacy in the federal courts and to supervise the practice of law did not deprive him of property without due process of law. We Affirm.
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The district court made the following findings of fact when granting the defendants’ summary judgment motion and they are not in dispute. As part of a study of the competency of trial lawyers practicing in the federal counts, the Devitt Committee, appointed by Chief Justice Burger,…
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