Legal Opinion
Pettit v. Gingerich
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided February 22, 1977No. Civ. B-72-964PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLAIR, District Judge.
The general question presented by this suit is whether the Maryland Bar examination is color-blind. The specific question presented is whether the seven black plaintiffs and the members of the class whom they seek to represent are being and have been deprived of any rights, privileges and immunities secured by the Constitution and laws of the United States because they have failed the Bar examination and been denied admission to practice law.
Suit is brought under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983 to secure rights protected by the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments. The court…
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3Cited by11 opinions
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