Legal Opinion
Onyiuke v. NEW JERSEY STATE SUPREME COURT
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided June 27, 2006No. Civil Action 05-5404 (JAP)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PISANO, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
The Court faces a constitutional challenge to New Jersey Supreme Court Rule l:24-2(b) (“Rule l:24-2(b)”), which requires, inter alia, graduation from an accredited law school as a prerequisite to taking the New Jersey Bar Examination. The gravamen of Plaintiffs amended complaint is that rejections of his application to sit for the New Jersey Bar examination violated his rights under federal law and New Jersey law.
Plaintiff initiated this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1343(3) 1 against the New Jersey Supreme Court, which…
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