Phillips v. Washington Legal Foundation

Supreme Court

Phillips v. Washington Legal Foundation

521 U.S. 1117

CourtSupreme Court of the United States

DecidedJune 27, 1997

DocketNo. 96-1578

StatusPublished

This text of 521 U.S. 1117 (Phillips v. Washington Legal Foundation) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Supreme Court of the United States primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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Phillips v. Washington Legal Foundation, 521 U.S. 1117 (1997).

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Opinion

C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari granted limited to the following question: “Is interest earned on client trust funds held by lawyers in IOLTA accounts a property interest of the client or lawyer, cognizable under the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, despite the fundamental precept of IOLTA that such funds, absent the IOLTA program, could not earn interest for the client or lawyer?”

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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari granted limited to the following question: “Is interest earned on client trust funds held by lawyers in IOLTA accounts a property interest of the client or lawyer, cognizable under the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, despite the fundamental precept of IOLTA that such funds, absent the IOLTA program, could not earn interest for the client or lawyer?”

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521 U.S. 1117, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/phillips-v-washington-legal-foundation-scotus-1997.