Legal Opinion
Potts v. Honorable Justices of Supreme Court of Hawaii
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided October 20, 1971No. Civ. 71-3403PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION
2Per curiam
Plaintiff Potts, a citizen of the United States, was neither a qualified and registered voter in the State of Hawaii nor had he “physically, resided in Hawaii continuously for a period of six months after attaining the age of 15 years” prior to September 13, 1971, when the Hawaii bar examination was scheduled to be given to those seeking to be licensed to practice law in the State of Hawaii. Nevertheless, over 60 days before that date he filed application to take the examination. There was no question that he met all prerequisites for eligibility to take the examination, 1 except the…
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