Legal Opinion
Murphy v. State Bd. of Law Exam. for Com. of Pa.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 29, 1977No. Civ. A. 77-458PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
GORBEY, District Judge.
Plaintiff, a graduate of Western State University College of Law in 1976, applied to the Pennsylvania State Board of Law Examiners for permission to sit for the winter bar examination on February 22 and 23, 1977.
On November 24,1976, plaintiff was notified by the State Board that he could not take the bar examination because his law school, although accredited in California, is not accredited by the American Bar Association, citing Rule 8 C which provides:
C. To qualify for the bar examination an applicant: .
2. shall have completed the study of law in a law…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NMSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Lehnhausen v. Lake Shore Auto Parts Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
- In Re GriffithsSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Solomon Feldman, Jr. v. State Board of Law ExaminersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Jerry D. Chaney v. The State Bar of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Application of HansenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
- In the Matter of Julian J. Roberts Attorney-At-Law. Appeal of Julian J. RobertsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- Appeal of MurphySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Application of UrieAlaska Supreme Court · 1980
- Matter of GLSDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1984
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