Legal Opinion
Harper v. District of Columbia Committee on Admissions
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 2, 1977No. 8102, 8433PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERN, Associate Judge:
We are confronted with two petitions 1 challenging the procedures for admission to the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. All petitioners are black graduates of accredited law schools who have failed the District of Columbia Bar examination and hence have been denied membership in the Bar.
Petitioner Williams and the others named in his petition now challenge the examination on the grounds that (1) “[n]o right of review of examination papers is accorded ‘unsuccessful’ applicants for admission to the bar in this jurisdiction . . . [and this failure] deprives…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NMSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Eugene W. Tyler v. Trammell E. Vickery, Ralph Banks, Jr. v. Trammell E. Vickery, James E. C. Perry v. Edward S. Sell, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Solomon Feldman, Jr. v. State Board of Law ExaminersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Jerry D. Chaney v. The State Bar of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Sitcov v. District of Columbia BarDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2005
- Kennedy v. Educational Testing Service, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Roberts v. District of Columbia Board of MedicineDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Powell v. NigroDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1985
- Powell v. NigroDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1982
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