Legal Opinion
Felmeister v. Office of Attorney Ethics, A Division of the New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 31, 1988No. 87-5524PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the district court’s dismissal on grounds of ripeness and Bur-ford abstention of plaintiffs’ complaint seeking a declaration that the New Jersey Supreme Court’s revised attorney advertising regulations violate the first and fourteenth amendments to the constitution. The challenged disciplinary rule provides, inter alia, that “[a]ll advertisements shall be predominantly informational”; that “[n]o drawings, animations, dramatizations, music, or lyrics shall be used in connection with televised advertising”; and that “[n]o…
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