# Henry v. Kansas City Life Insurance

> Supreme Court of Alabama · May 5, 2000 · 770 So. 2d 76

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7736125

## Case

- **Full name:** Ex parte Altonie HENRY. (Re Altonie Henry v. Kansas City Life Insurance Company)
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Alabama
- **Decided:** May 5, 2000
- **Citations:** 770 So. 2d 76; 2000 Ala. LEXIS 177
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Lyons
- **Judges:** Brown, Johnstone, Lyons
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

LYONS, Justice
(concurring in part and concurring in the result in part).
I concur in Part II. However, I am troubled by the potential First Amendment implications of a restraint upon counsel’s right to contact a witness on behalf of a client, a restraint approved by Part I. Absent a demonstrated need for some restriction on that right, such as evidence showing prior conduct by counsel in violation of ethical proscriptions, such restrictions as the trial court imposed in this case could raise First Amendment free-speech issues. See Gulf Oil Co. v. Bernard, 452 U.S. 89, 104 , 101 S.Ct. 2193 , 68 L.Ed.2d 693 (1981). The defendant presented no such evidence in this case; neither, however, did the plaintiff claim a violation of her constitutional rights. Therefore, as to Part I, I concur in the result.

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