Harry Blackmun

“ Their duty to serve the public by representing indigent defendants is not only a matter of conscience, but is also enforceable by the government's power to order such representation, either as a condition of practicing law in the District or on pain of contempt. ”

“ As Justice BRENNAN notes, the Trial Lawyers' boycott was aimed at the District's courts and legislature, governmental bodies that had the power to terminate the boycott at any time by requiring any or all members of the District Bar-including the members of SCTLA-to represent indigent defendants pro bono. Attorneys are not merely participants in a competitive market for legal services ”