Staley v. State Bar

Upon the application of the petitioner, who failed to pass the bar examination held in 1939, this court issued an alternative writ of mandate requiring the Committee of Bar Examiners and The State Bar to show cause why he should not be admitted to practice law in this state. He charges that although he passed the examination with a higher grade than 70 per cent, the board “arbitrarily and capriciously” reduced this to below a passing mark and refused to certify his name for admission to the bar.

In support of his charge against the committee, the petitioner alleges that he “successfully…