the goldfarb v. virginia state bar decision on anti-trust laws was decided at a u.s. supreme court decision level.
the goldfarb v. virginia state bar decision on anti-trust laws was decided at what level?
a u.s. supreme court decision
goldfarb v. virginia state bar





























goldfarb v. virginia state bar, 421 u.s. 773 (1975), was a u.s. supreme court decision. it stated that lawyers engage in "trade or commerce" and hence ended the legal profession's exemption from antitrust laws.





























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goldfarb v. virginia state bar
the virginia state bar disciplines member attorneys through the virginia supreme court. it has also been involved in litigation before the united states supreme court. in naacp v. button (1963), the u.s. supreme court struck down the virginia bar's attempt to use lawyer ethics laws against the naacp, which was litigating against virginia school districts as well as state agencies which had adopted a policy of massive resistance to the brown v. board of education decisions. the following year the supreme court again decided against the virginia bar, this time for its prosecution of a union's referral practices in "brotherhood of railroad trainmen v. virginia ex rel. virginia state bar." in goldfarb v. virginia state bar (1975), the bar's minimum fee schedules were stricken down on antitrust grounds, notwithstanding the bar's status as an agency of the virginia courts. in 1978, the u.s. court of appeals for the fourth circuit in 'virginia state bar v. surety title insurance agency, inc.,' 571 f.2d 205 (4th cir. 1978) was faced with the bar's attempt to regulate non-lawyer employees of title insurance companies.
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