Doe v. Florida Bar
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
This case reminds us of the observation of the Grand Inquisitor in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers. Upon finding that all ranks of commoners and servants have been promoted to the nobility, he protests that there is a need for distinction, explaining that: “When everyone is somebody, then no one’s anybody.” 1 The same is true of a state bar’s certification process. If every attorney who practices in an area is certified in it, then no one is anybody in that field. The easier it is to be certified, the less that certification means.
The goal of the Florida Bar’s…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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