Legal Opinion
Delgado v. McTighe
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 1, 1977No. Civ. A. 76-1206PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
RAYMOND J. BRODERICK, District Judge.
This class action 1 against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State Board of Law Examiners and its individual members was instituted by black and Puerto Rican law school graduates, each of whom has taken the Pennsylvania bar examination at least once. The plaintiffs allege that the grades they received would have been passing grades if the Bar Examiners had not on several occasions raised the minimum passing grade from its 1972 level. In 1972, the Board required an assigned grade of 130 or better on the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), or a grade…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NMSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Callahan v. City Of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
- Martin v. Delaware Law School of Widener UniversityDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1985
- Louis v. Supreme Court of NevadaDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1980
- Naismith v. Professional Golfers Ass'nDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1979
- National Organization for Women v. Waterfront CommissionDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1979
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