Delaware State Bar Association v. Thomas

The Delaware State Bar Association petitioned this Court for an injunction prohibiting the respondents from engaging in the
unauthorized practice of the law, thus invoking this Court's inherent jurisdiction over the governance of the practice of
law in this State. Delaware Optometric Corporation v. Sherwood, Del.Supr., 36 Del. Ch. 223, 128 A.2d 812 (1957); 1 In re
A Member of the Bar, Del.Supr., 257 A.2d 382 (1969). After an initial hearing upon the petition for injunction, this Court appointed Vice Chancellor Grover C. Brown as Special
Master to hear and determine all issues of fact raised by the petition and to make appropriate Conclusions of law; and, pendente
lite, this Court issued a temporary restraining order dated March 22, 1977, enjoining the respondents from: