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Commission for Lawyer Discipline v. Benton

Texas Supreme Court

Decided December 31, 1998No. 97-0228Published

1Opinion of the Court 1

980 S.W.2d 425 (1998)

COMMISSION FOR LAWYER DISCIPLINE, Petitioner,

v.

Barry Robert BENTON, Respondent.

No. 97-0228.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Argued February 5, 1998.

Decided July 14, 1998.

Rehearing Overruled December 31, 1998.

Daniel K. Hedges, Houston, Linda A. Acevedo, Austin, for Petitioner.

Barry R. Benton, Edmund K. Cyganiewicz, Brownsville, for Respondent.

2Opinion of the Court · PhillipsPhillips, Chief Justice, joined by Hecht, Enoch, Owen, Abbott and Hankinson, Justices,

This is a disciplinary action arising out of an attorney's letter attacking the integrity of jurors who rendered a verdict against his clients. The Commission for Lawyer Discipline of the State Bar of Texas charged the attorney with violating…

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3Cases cited132 opinions

  1. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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