Legal Opinion
Morrison v. Board of Law Examiners
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 15, 2006No. 05-1257, 05-1348PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
No. 05-1257 reversed; No. 05-1348 dismissed by published opinion. Judge WIDENER wrote the opinion, in which Judge SHEDD and Judge KELLEY concurred.
OPINION
WIDENER, Circuit Judge.
In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case, Steven C. Morrison, an attorney, filed suit alleging that the requirements by the Board of Bar Examiners for obtaining comity admission to practice law in North Carolina under its Rule .0502(3) violate the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV, § 2; the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment; and the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. On…
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