Legal Opinion
In re von Wiegen
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 16, 1984PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Simons, J.
This is a lawyer disciplinary proceeding which has resulted in respondent’s suspension from the practice of law for six months because he solicited by mail the victims and families of the 250 persons injured when the sky-walk collapsed at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, in July, 1981, he did so by letters that were false and misleading and because, in unrelated advertising, he used a trade name. Respondent contends that the prohibition of direct mail solicitation abridges his constitutional right to free speech (Bates v State Bar ofAriz., 433 US…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Cox v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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