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Cite as: 524 U. S. 156 (1998)

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Opinion of the Court

Chief Justice Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the

Court.

Texas, like 48 other States and the District of Colum-
bia,1 has adopted an Interest on Lawyers Trust Account

Columbus Bar Association et al. by Richard A. Cordray and Richard
A. Frye; for the Conference of Chief Justices by Brian J. Serr and Charles
Alan Wright; for the Council of State Governments et al. by Richard
Ruda, David B. Isbell, Robert A. Long, Jr., and Caroline M. Brown; for
the Massachusetts Bar Foundation by Henry C. Dinger; and for the Texas
Equal Access to Justice Program et al. by Peter M. Siegel, Randall C.
Berg, Jr., JoNel Newman, and Arthur J. England, Jr.

Briefs of amici curiae urging afﬁrmance were ﬁled for the Association
for Objective Law by Stephen Plafker; for the Attorneys’ Bar Association
of Florida by Ronald D. Maines and Harvey M. Alper; for Defenders of
Property Rights et al. by Nancie G. Marzulla; for the National Right to
Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc., by John C. Scully; for the Paciﬁc
Legal Foundation by James S. Burling, R. S. Radford, and Stephen E.
Abraham; for the Mountain States Legal Foundation by William Perry
Pendley; for the Texas Justice Foundation by David L. Wilkinson and
Allan E. Parker, Jr.; and for Robert E. Talton et al. by Stephen R. Mc-
Allister and Mark W. Smith.

1 Ala. Rule Prof. Conduct 1.15(g) (1996); Alaska Rule Prof. Conduct
1.15(d) (1997); Ariz. Sup. Ct. Rule 44(c)(2) (1997); Ark. Rule Prof. Conduct
1.15(d)(2) (1997); Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code Ann. § 6211(a) (West 1990 and
Supp. 1998); Colo. Rule Prof. Conduct 1.15(e)(2) (1997); Conn. Rule Prof.
Conduct 1.15(d) (1998); Del. Rule Prof. Conduct 1.15(h) (1998); D. C. Rule
Prof. Conduct 1.15(e) (1997); Fla. Bar Rule 5–1.1 (1994 and Supp. 1998);
Ga. Code Prof. Responsibility Rule 3–109, DR 9–102 (1998); Haw. Sup. Ct.
Rule 11 (1997); Idaho Rule Prof. Conduct 1.15(d) (1997); Ill. Rule Prof.
Conduct 1.15(d) (1997); Iowa Code Prof. Responsibility DR 9–102 (1997);
Kan. Rule Prof. Conduct 1.15(d)(3) (1997); Ky. Sup. Ct. Rule 3.830 (1998);
La. Rule Prof. Conduct 1.15(d) (1997); Me. Code Prof. Responsibility
3.6(e)(4) (1997); Md. Bus. Occ. & Prof. Code Ann. § 10–303 (1995); Mass.
Sup. Ct. Rule 3:07, DR 9–102 (1997); Mich. Rule Prof. Conduct 1.15(d)
(1997); Minn. Rule Prof. Conduct 1.15(d) (1993); Miss. Rule Prof. Conduct
1.15(d) (1997); Mo. Rule Prof. Conduct 1.15(d) (1997); Mont. Rule Prof. Con-
duct 1.18(b) (1996); Neb. Sup. Ct. Trust Acct. Rules 1–8 (1997); Nev. Sup.
Ct. Rule 217 (1998); Petition of New Hampshire Bar Assn., 122 N. H. 971,
453 A. 2d 1258 (1982); N. J. Rules Gen. Application 1:28A–2 (1998); N. M.
Rule Prof. Conduct 16–115(D) (1998); N. Y. Jud. Law § 497 (McKinney
Supp. 1997 and 1998); N. C. Rule Prof. Conduct 1.15–3 (1997); N. D. Rule