Legal Opinion
In Re Bar Exam Class Action
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 18, 2000No. 99-OB-2880PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
752 So.2d 159 (2000)
In re BAR EXAM CLASS ACTION.
No. 99-OB-2880.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
February 18, 2000.
PER CURIAM.[*]
This is an application directly to this court by persons who either failed or conditionally failed the July 1999 bar examination. Applicants seek judicial review by this court of the findings by the Committee on Bar Admissions that they did not pass the examination. Applicants also seek class certification.
Applicants contend that the bar admission process is a judicial function. They accordingly argue that only judges are empowered to perform judicial functions and that…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Rosenthal v. State Bar Examining CommitteeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
- Leroy Whitfield v. Illinois Board of Law Examiners, Len Young SmithCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
- Succession of WallaceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1991
- Konrad v. Jefferson Parish CouncilSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1988
- Petition State Bar Association Re: Proposed Court RulesSupreme Court of Florida · 1938
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Chittenden v. State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2001
- Bester v. SUPREME COURT COM. ON BAR ADM.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2001
- In re LaudumieySupreme Court of Louisiana · 2003
- In Re StampsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2004
- In Re RiehlmannSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2005
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