Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar

The Goldfarbs (plaintiffs), buying real property in Virginia, needed an attorney for a required title examination and found that every attorney they contacted refused to charge less than a minimum fee amount published by the local county bar association, with the Virginia State Bar (defendant) also involved in enforcing professional fee practices. They brought a class action alleging the minimum fee schedule was illegal price fixing under the Sherman Act; the federal appellate court ruled for the bar associations.