59421_3/28650.00010

                                                                Exhibit 5.1

August 28, 2000



Ennis Business Forms, Inc.
1510 N. Hampton
DeSoto, Texas 75115


Gentlemen:

     Reference  is  made to the Registration Statement on Form  S-8  to  be
filed  contemporaneously herewith under the Securities Act of 1933 by Ennis
Business  Forms,  Inc.  (the  "registrant")  relating  to  300,000   shares
("Shares")  of Common Stock, par value $2.50 per share ("Common Stock")  of
the  Registrant  to  be issued from time to time under the  Ennis  Business
Forms, Inc. 401(k) Plan (the "Plan").

     The undersigned has examined the originals, certified copies or copies
otherwise identified to his satisfaction as being true copies of  the  Plan
and  such  other  documents  as the undersigned  has  deemed  necessary  or
appropriate  for  purposes of this opinion.  Based on  the  foregoing,  the
undersigned is of the opinion that the Shares to be issued under the  Plan,
when  issued  under  the  terms of the Plan, will be  legally  and  validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

     The  undersigned hereby consents to the filing of this opinion  as  an
exhibit to the Registration Statement.

                                   Sincerely,


                                   Wolin, Ridley & Miller, L.L.P.