Four bar groups have asked a Texas appellate court to uphold sanctions leveled against a prominent Dallas attorney who was disciplined for attempting to use a telephone survey to influence a jury pool.

The professional organizations submitted the amicus brief in the sanctions appeal of William Brewer III that argues upholding Brewer’s discipline for using a so-called “push poll” during litigation is so important that the integrity of the Seventh Amendment right to a trial by jury in civil cases depends on it.

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