Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Tocci
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 8, 1992PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
In 1989, the Board of Bar Examiners (board) denied an application by the petitioner, Michael J. Tocci, to sit for the Massachusetts bar examination because he had not graduated from a law school approved by the American Bar Association (ABA), as required by S.J.C. Rule 3:01, § 3.3, as appearing in 382 Mass. 753 (1981). The petitioner sought equitable relief in the Supreme Judicial Court for the county of Suffolk, requesting that the requirements of the rule be waived due to what he maintains are the exceptional circumstances of his case. After hearing, a single justice denied relief. The…
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