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1. Legal Servs. Corp. v. Velazquez, Nos. 99-603 and 99-960 , SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, October 4, 2000, Argued , February 28, 2001, Decided ** Together with No. 99-960, United States v. Velazquez et al., also on certiorari to the same court.

OVERVIEW: Funding provision that limited arguments legal services attorneys were allowed to make on behalf of indigent welfare claimants violated First Amendment by regulating private speech and insulating federal law from legitimate judicial challenge.

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