Case Name: WASHINGTON LEGAL FOUNDATION; William R. Summers; Michael J. Mazzone, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TEXAS EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION; W. Frank Newton, Chairman, Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation; Thomas R. Phillips, Chief Justice; Raul Gonzalez, Justice; Jack Hightower, Justice; Nathan L. Hecht, Justice; Lloyd A. Doggett, Justice; Bob Gammage, Justice; Craig T. Enoch, Justice; John Cornyn, Justice; Rose Spector, Justice; Supreme Court DFTS, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1997-02-14
Citations: 106 F.3d 640
Docket Number: No. 95-50160
Parties: WASHINGTON LEGAL FOUNDATION; William R. Summers; Michael J. Mazzone, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TEXAS EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION; W. Frank Newton, Chairman, Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation; Thomas R. Phillips, Chief Justice; Raul Gonzalez, Justice; Jack Hightower, Justice; Nathan L. Hecht, Justice; Lloyd A. Doggett, Justice; Bob Gammage, Justice; Craig T. Enoch, Justice; John Cornyn, Justice; Rose Spector, Justice; Supreme Court DFTS, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before WISDOM, GARWOOD and JONES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 106
Pages: 640–646

Head Matter:
WASHINGTON LEGAL FOUNDATION; William R. Summers; Michael J. Mazzone, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TEXAS EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION; W. Frank Newton, Chairman, Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation; Thomas R. Phillips, Chief Justice; Raul Gonzalez, Justice; Jack Hightower, Justice; Nathan L. Hecht, Justice; Lloyd A. Doggett, Justice; Bob Gammage, Justice; Craig T. Enoch, Justice; John Cornyn, Justice; Rose Spector, Justice; Supreme Court DFTS, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 95-50160.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Feb. 14, 1997.
Richard Abbott Samp, Washington, D.C., Daniel J. Popeo, Washington, D.C., Steven Wayne Smith, Austin, TX, for Washington Legal Foundation and Summers, plaintiffs-appellants.
Michael J. Mazzone, Dow, Cogburn and Friedman, Houston, TX, pro se.
H. Robert Powell, Hughes and Luce, Austin, TX, Darrell E. Jordan, Hughes & Luce, Dallas, TX, Brittan L. Buchanan, Austin, TX, for defendants-appellees.
Harry Grant Potter, III, Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Austin, TX, for Phillips, Gonzalez, Hightower, Hecht, Dog-gett, Gammage, Enoch and Spector, defendants-appellees.
Nancy Ann Trease, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for Phillips, Gonzalez, Hightower, Hecht, Doggett, Gammage, Enoch, Cornyn and Spector, defendants-appellees.
Allan van Gestel, Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, Boston, MA, for Massachusetts Bar Foundation, amicus curiae.
Randall C. Berg, Jr., Florida Justice Institute, Miami, FL, for National Association of Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA) Programs, Inc., Alabama Law Foundation, Inc., Arizona Bar Foundation, State Bar of Arizona, Arkansas IOLTA Foundation, Inc., The Legal Services Trust Fund Commission of the State Bar of California, The State Bar of California, Colorado Bar Association, Colorado Lawyers Trust Account Foundation, Connecticut Bar Association, The Connecticut Bar Foundation, The Florida Bar, The Florida Bar Foundation, Hawaii Justice Foundation, Idaho Law Foundation, Inc., Idaho State Bar, Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois, Illinois State Bar Association, Lawyer Trust Account Commission of the Supreme Court of Iowa, The Iowa State Bar Association, Kansas Bar Foundation, Kentucky IOLTA Fund, Louisiana State Bar Association, Maine Bar Foundation, Maine State Bar Association, Maryland Legal Services Corporation, Maryland State Bar Association, Massachusetts IOLTA Committee, Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation, State Bar of Michigan, Michigan State Bar Foundation, Minnesota State Bar Association, The Mississippi Bar Foundation, The Missouri Bar, Missouri Lawyer Trust Account Foundation, State Bar of Montana, Nebraska Lawyers Trust Account Foundation, Nevada Law Foundation, New Hampshire Bar Association, New Hampshire Bar Foundation, The IOLTA Fund of the Bar of New Jersey, New Jersey State Bar Association, New Jersey State Bar Foundation, State Bar of New Mexico, New Mexico Bar Foundation, New York State Bar Association, IOLTA Fund of the State of New York, North Carolina Bar Association, North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers, Ohio Le gal Assistance Foundation, Oklahoma Bar Foundation, Inc., Oregon Law Foundation, Oregon State Bar, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Lawyer Trust Account Board, (Pennsylvania), Philadelphia Bar Association, South Carolina Bar Foundation, State Bar of South Dakota, Tennessee Bar Foundation, Tennessee Bar Association, Vermont Bar Foundation, The Virginia Bar Association, Legal Services Corporation of Virginia, Legal Foundation of Washington, Washington State Bar Association, King County Bar Association (Seattle), West Virginia Bar Foundation and West Virginia State Bar, amicus curiae.
Kenneth M. Elkins, Chicago, IL, American Bar Association, amicus curiae.
David J. Beck, Beck, Redden & Secrest, Houston, TX, State Bar of Texas, amicus curiae.
M. Colleen McHugh, Corpus Christi, TX, for State Bar of Texas, amicus curiae.
Cyrus J. Greco, New Orleans, LA, for Louisiana Bar Foundation, amicus curiae.
Richard D. Foxworth, Jackson, MS, for The Mississippi Bar, amicus curiae.
Donnie D. Riley, Jackson, MS, for Mississippi Bar Foundation, amicus curiae.

Opinion:
ON PETITIONS FOR REHEARING AND SUGGESTIONS FOR REHEARING EN BANC
Before WISDOM, GARWOOD and JONES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
The Petitions for Rehearing are DENIED and the court having been polled at the request of one of the members of the court and a majority of the judges who are in regular active service not having voted in favor, (FRAP and Local Rule 35) the Suggestions for Rehearing En Banc are also DENIED.
POLITZ, Chief Judge, and KING, WIENER, BENAVIDES, STEWART and PARKER, Circuit Judges, dissent from the refusal of the court to grant rehearing en banc.
DENNIS, Circuit Judge, did not participate.