Legal Opinion
Anthony J. Sestric v. William G. Clark
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 1, 1985No. 84-2298PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, Anthony Sestric, is a member of the Missouri bar living and practicing law in St. Louis. He brought this suit against the responsible Illinois officials to invalidate, primarily on federal constitutional grounds, the requirement that a nonresident who wants to practice law in Illinois pass the Illinois bar exam. If Sestric became a resident of Illinois, he could be admitted to the Illinois bar on motion, without taking the bar exam. St. Louis is just across the Mississippi River from Illinois, and Sestric would like to practice law in Illinois without…
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