Cite as: 524 U. S. 156 (1998)
Opinion of the Court
Chief Justice Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.
Texas, like 48 other States and the District of Columbia,1 has adopted an Interest on Lawyers Trust Account
Columbus Bar Association et al. by Richard A. Cordray and Richard A. Frye; for the Conference of Chief Justices by Brian J. Serr and Charles Alan Wright; for the Council of State Governments et al. by Richard Ruda, David B. Isbell, Robert A. Long, Jr., and Caroline M. Brown; for the Massachusetts Bar Foundation by Henry C. Dinger; and for the Texas Equal Access to Justice Program et al. by Peter M. Siegel, Randall C. Berg, Jr., JoNel Newman, and Arthur J. England, Jr.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Association for Objective Law by Stephen Plafker; for the Attorneys' Bar Association of Florida by Ronald D. Maines and Harvey M. Alper; for Defenders of Property Rights et al. by Nancie G. Marzulla; for the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc., by John C. Scully; for the Pacific Legal Foundation by James S. Burling, R. S. Radford, and Stephen E. Abraham; for the Mountain States Legal Foundation by William Perry Pendley; for the Texas Justice Foundation by David L. Wilkinson and Allan E. Parker, Jr.; and for Robert E. Talton et al. by Stephen R. McAllister and Mark W. Smith.
1 Ala. Rule Prof. Conduct 1.15(g) (1996); Alaska Rule Prof. Conduct 1.15(d) (1997); Ariz. Sup. Ct. Rule 44(c)(2) (1997); Ark. Rule Prof. Conduct 1.15(d)(2) (1997); Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code Ann. § 6211(a) (West 1990 and Supp. 1998); Colo. Rule Prof. Conduct 1.15(e)(2) (1997); Conn. Rule Prof. Conduct 1.15(d) (1998); Del. Rule Prof. Conduct 1.15(h) (1998); D. C. Rule Prof. Conduct 1.15(e) (1997); Fla. Bar Rule 5-1.1 (1994 and Supp. 1998); Ga. Code Prof. Responsibility Rule 3-109, DR 9-102 (1998); Haw. Sup. Ct. Rule 11 (1997); Idaho Rule Prof. Conduct 1.15(d) (1997); Ill. Rule Prof. Conduct 1.15(d) (1997); Iowa Code Prof. Responsibility DR 9-102 (1997); Kan. Rule Prof. Conduct 1.15(d)(3) (1997); Ky. Sup. Ct. Rule 3.830 (1998); La. Rule Prof. Conduct 1.15(d) (1997); Me. Code Prof. Responsibility 3.6(e)(4) (1997); Md. Bus. Occ. & Prof. Code Ann. § 10-303 (1995); Mass. Sup. Ct. Rule 3:07, DR 9-102 (1997); Mich. Rule Prof. Conduct 1.15(d) (1997); Minn. Rule Prof. Conduct 1.15(d) (1993); Miss. Rule Prof. Conduct 1.15(d) (1997); Mo. Rule Prof. Conduct 1.15(d) (1997); Mont. Rule Prof. Conduct 1.18(b) (1996); Neb. Sup. Ct. Trust Acct. Rules 1-8 (1997); Nev. Sup. Ct. Rule 217 (1998); Petition of New Hampshire Bar Assn., 122 N. H. 971, 453 A. 2d 1258 (1982); N. J. Rules Gen. Application 1:28A-2 (1998); N. M. Rule Prof. Conduct 16-115(D) (1998); N. Y. Jud. Law § 497 (McKinney Supp. 1997 and 1998); N. C. Rule Prof. Conduct 1.15-3 (1997); N. D. Rule
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