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Exhibit 5.1
[Quarles & Brady LLP Letterhead]
July 10, 2000
DuraSwitch Industries, Inc.
234 S. Extension Road
Mesa, Arizona 85210
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are providing this opinion in connection with the Registration
Statement of DuraSwitch Industries, Inc. (the "Company") on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") filed under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"),
with respect to the proposed sale of up to 250,000 shares of Common Stock, $.001
par value, of the Company (the "Shares") pursuant to the Company's 2000 Stock
Option Plan (the "Plan").
We have examined:
(i) the Registration Statement;
(ii) the Company's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, as amended
to date;
(iii) the minutes of corporate proceedings regarding the issuance
and sale of the Shares by the Company; and
(iv) such other documents and records as we have deemed necessary
for purposes of rendering this opinion.
For purposes of rendering this opinion, we have examined originals or
photocopies of the documents referred to above. In conducting such examination,
we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals
and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as
copies.
Based upon the foregoing, it is our opinion that:
1. The Company is validly existing under the laws of the State of
Nevada.
2. The Shares to be sold from time to time under the Plan which
are original issuance shares, when issued and paid for as
contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Plan, will
be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable by the
Company.
We consent to the filing of this opinion as an Exhibit to the
Registration Statement. In giving our consent, we do not admit that we are
"experts" within the meaning of Section 11 of the Act, or that we come within
the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Act.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Quarles & Brady LLP
QUARLES & BRADY LLP
