Jones v. Alabama State Bar

353 So.2d 508 (1977)

In re Eddie JONES, Jr.

v.

ALABAMA STATE BAR.

Ex parte Eddie Jones, Jr.

SC 2671.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 22, 1977.

Houston L. Brown of Davis & Brown, Birmingham, for petitioner.

Eddie Jones, Jr., pro se.

William H. Morrow, Gen. Counsel, Alabama State Bar, Montgomery, for respondent.

FAULKNER, Justice.

Eddie Jones, Jr., petitioned this court for a writ of mandamus compelling his admission to the Alabama State Bar Association under the "diploma privilege" of Title 46, § 26, Code 1940.[1] Because he would have been admitted to the Bar under the "diploma privilege" if he had…