Legal Opinion
North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers (North Carolina Central University) v. North Carolina Board of Law Examiners
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 17, 1976No. 75-1257PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALBERT V. BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge:
Movants were refused a protective order under F.R.Civ.P. 26(c) and 45(b) and (d), forbidding the further discovery of them by the North Carolina State Board of Law Examiners through interrogatories, depositions and subpoenas duces tecum. This appeal follows. We hold the order not appeal-able.
The underlying action was maintained against the Examiners by the North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers joined by 29 black law graduates who had not gained admission to practice at the State bar because of their failure to pass the annual examination required of…
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