Geronimo Opposes Virginia State Bar Plan
to Offer Free Legal Research System
The following documents explain the Virginia State Bar's plan and the reasons why we oppose it:
- October 25, 2004 article from Virginia Lawyer's Weekly (reprinted with permission).
- December 6, 2004 letter from Geronimo's attorney to VSB.
- January 27, 2005 response from Virginia Attorney General's office.
- February 8, 2005 letter from Geronimo to all members of VSB Council
- February 8, 2005 letter to all members of Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission
- February 28, 2005 article from Virginia Lawyer's Weekly (reprinted with permission).
Cases cited in the foregoing documents, along with an excerpt from the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission report, are listed as follows:
- Excerpt from JLARC, Review of the Virginia State Bar
- Mandeville Island Farms, Inc. et al v. American Crystal Sugar Co., 334 U.S. 219 (1948)
- Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar, 421 U.S. 773 (1975)
- Broadcast Music, Inc. v. CBS, 441 U.S. 1 (1979)
- NCAA v. Board of Regents of Univ. of Okla., 468 U.S. 85 (1984)
- Northwest Stationers v. Pacific Stationery, 472 U.S. 284 (1985)
- Business Electronics v. Sharp Electronics, 485 U.S. 717 (1988)
- NYNEX Corp. v. Discon, Inc., 525 U.S. 128 (1998)
- Balmoral Cinema, Inc. v. Allied Artists Pictures Corp., 885 F.2d 313 (6th Cir. 1989)
- Discon, Inc. v. Nynex Corp., 93 F.3d 1055 (2d Cir. 1996)