Legal Opinion
Woodard v. Virginia Board of Bar Examiners
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided September 9, 1976No. Civ. A. 75-0437-RPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MERHIGE, District Judge.
Plaintiff, a black citizen of Virginia who failed to pass the Virginia bar examination, brings this action under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, 1985, 1988 and 2000e-2 to redress alleged racially discriminatory practices which deprive black applicants of an equal opportunity to become practicing attorneys at law in Virginia. The Court has tentatively declared this litigation to be a class action pursuant to Rule 23(b)(2), Fed.R.Civ.P. The defendants are the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners (the Board) and the individual members thereof. Jurisdiction is alleged under…
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