Legal Opinion
Webster v. Wofford
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided December 31, 1970No. Civ. A. 14253PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDENFIELD, District Judge:
Plaintiffs have brought this action for injunctive and declaratory relief under the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 1983; 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3) and (4); and 28 U.S. C. §§ 2201, 2202; Specifically, plaintiffs request (1) that Ga.Code Ann. § 9-103(e), which requires an applicant for admission to the practice of law to be a bona fide resident of the State of Georgia for twelve consecutive months immediately preceding the date of such admission, be declared unconstitutional as in violation of the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment, and (2) that…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Nebbia v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NMSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Wieman v. UpdegraffSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Cummings v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- Dent v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Clifton C. Tang v. Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, First Department, and Honorable Justices Aron SteuerCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
- In re GordonNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- Alva Owen Hawkins v. Honorable Joseph R. Moss, Chief JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974
- Raffaelli v. Committee of Bar ExaminersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
- Lipman v. Van ZantDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1971
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