Legal Opinion
Schumacher v. Nix
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 3, 1992No. 91-3666PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.
This case presents an equal protection challenge to Pennsylvania Bar Admission Rule 203(a)(2)(ii), which governs the eligibility of graduates of unaccredited law schools to sit for the Pennsylvania bar examination. The district court entered summary judgment for defendants on the ground that the Rule is rationally related to Pennsylvania’s interest in securing mutual treatment for its attorneys seeking admission to the bars of other states. We will affirm.
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Plaintiffs Dana Schumacher and Leroy Hodge are graduates of the People’s College of Law in…
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