Legal Opinion
Kennedy v. Educational Testing Service, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 10, 1978No. 12912PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge:
Appellant asserts that the trial court erred in dismissing his complaint on two grounds: failure to state a claim and lack of subject matter jurisdiction. 1 We affirm.
Appellant alleged in his complaint essentially as follows. Between 1974 and 1977, appellant was unsuccessful in his attempts to gain admission to the District of Columbia Bar because he had not received a passing grade on the semi-annual examinations administered by the Committee on Admissions of the District of Columbia Bar. Each examination is comprised of an essay portion and an objective or “multiple…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Land v. DollarSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- KVOS, Inc. v. Associated PressSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Urquhart v. American-La France Foamite CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
- Ser-Nestler, Inc. v. General Finance Loan Company of Miami NorthwestDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1964
- Harper v. District of Columbia Committee on AdmissionsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Sitcov v. District of Columbia BarDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2005
- Powell v. NigroDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1985
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