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Bates v. State Bar of Arizona

United States Supreme Court

433 U.S. 350 (1977)

Constitutional LawProfessional Responsibility
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Bates and O'Steen (defendants), two Arizona attorneys, ran a newspaper ad for their legal clinic advertising specific, reasonable fees for routine legal services. The Arizona State Bar (plaintiff) charged them under a rule banning all attorney advertising and recommended suspension. The Arizona Supreme Court rejected the attorneys' constitutional challenge to the rule, and they appealed to the United States Supreme Court.

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Whether, under the First Amendment, a lawyer may constitutionally be disciplined for advertising routine legal services.

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