Legal Opinion
Judd v. City Trust & Savings Bank
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided December 15, 1937No. 26338PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtZimmerman, J.
At the outset of this opinion, two general propositions must be conceded: (I) In Ohio, the power to regulate, control and define the practice of law reposes in the judicial branch of the government. 4 Ohio Jurisprudence, 423, Section 5; Land Title Abstract & Trust Co. v. Dworken, 129 Ohio St., 23, 193 N. E., 650. And this is true elsewhere. See, In re Opinion of the Justices, 289 Mass., 607, 194 N. E., 313, and cases therein cited. (2) A corporation cannot lawfully engage in the practice of law; nor can it do so indirectly through the employment of qualified lawyers. Land Title Abstract &…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Boyd's Lessee v. GravesSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Land Title Abstract & Trust Co. v. DworkenOhio Supreme Court · 1934
- People Ex Rel. Illinois State Bar Ass'n v. Peoples Stock Yards State BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
- Matter of Co-Operative Law Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1910
- Opinion of the Justices to the SenateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
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3Cited by56 opinions
- Lowell Bar Ass'n v. LoebMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Arkansas Bar Association v. Union National BankSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1954
- National Treasury Employees Union v. United States Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- Gardner v. North Carolina State BarSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1986
- R. J. Edwards, Inc. v. HertSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1972
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