Legal Opinion
LEGAL AID SERVICES OF OR. v. Legal Services Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 23, 2009No. 20-55243PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge TASHIMA; Dissent by Judge PREGERSON.
TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:
We must determine whether restrictions on lobbying, soliciting clients, participating in class actions, and seeking attorneys’ fees (collectively, the “Restrictions”) that Congress has imposed on legal aid organizations that receive federal grants through the Legal Services Corporation (“LSC”), comport with the requirements of the First Amendment. In Legal Aid Soc’y of Haw. v. Legal Serv. Corp., 145 F.3d 1017 (9th Cir.1998) (“LASH III”), we upheld the Restrictions as facially constitutional. We concluded that LSC’s…
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