Gentile v. State Bar of Nevada, No. 89-1836 (U.S. Supreme Court) (501 U.S. 1030; 111 S.Ct. 2720) (June 27, 1991) (Justice Kennedy)
Here the Court upheld an attorney disciplinary rule prohibiting lawyer speech that would have a "substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing an adjudicative proceeding", holding it was sufficiently narrowly tailored under the First Amendment.
The petitioner in this case, Dominic Gentile, an attorney, held a press conference the day after his ...
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