Legal Opinion
Leroy Whitfield v. Illinois Board of Law Examiners, Len Young Smith
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 18, 1974No. 73-2085PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff, LeRoy Whitfield, is a law school graduate who, after failing the Illinois Bar Examination five times, brought a civil rights action 1 against the Board of Law Examiners and its individual members. 2 He alleged that: 1) the bar examination is unconstitutional because it has no rational connection with an applicant’s fitness or capacity to practice law; 2) he passed the examination and should be so certified; and 3) procedural due process requires that he be permitted to see his exam papers and to compare them with model answer^ or answers of successful applicants.\ Plaintiff also…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NMSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Hannah v. LarcheSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Theard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by63 opinions
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- Scinto v. StammSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- Joseph R. Giannini v. Manuel L. Real A. Wallace TashimaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Anna Lee Brown v. Board of Bar Examiners of the State of Nevada and Board of Governors of the State Bar of NevadaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
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