Legal Opinion
Woodard v. Virginia Board of Bar Examiners
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided June 2, 1978No. Civ. A. 75-0437-RPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MERHIGE, District Judge.
Plaintiff, an unsuccessful applicant for admission to the practice of law in Virginia, brings this action against the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners and its members individually, alleging racial discrimination. Plaintiff originally sought to bring this suit on behalf of a class composed, inter alia, of all black persons denied admission to the Virginia Bar upon having failed the Bar Examination administered by the defendants. On the date of April 13, 1976, the Court tentatively declared the action as a class action. However, on November 11, 1977, the Court…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- John Doe v. E. E. PringleCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
- Neil S. MacKay v. The Honorable Buell A. Nesbett and the Honorable John H. DimondCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Solomon Feldman, Jr. v. State Board of Law ExaminersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Brown v. Supreme Court of VirginiaDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1973
- Titus v. Supreme Court of VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by19 opinions
- 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
- Louis v. Supreme Court of NevadaDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1980
- Ellen S. v. Florida Board of Bar ExaminersDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1994
- Younger v. Colorado State Board of Law ExaminersCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
- Greene v. ZankCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1984
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