Legal Opinion

In Re Integration of the Bar

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided December 22, 1958PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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The issue before this court is whether the integrated State Bar of Wisconsin should be continued and if so what amendments, if any, to the rules and by-laws should be made. The integrated bar in this state has existed for almost two years. Its birth in Wisconsin was an experiment which this court had considered on several previous occasions and finally decided ought to be tried for an initial period of two years.

The history of integration is adequately set forth in the previous decisions of this court. Integration of Bar Case (1943), 244 Wis. 8, 11 N. W. (2d) 604; In re Integration…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In Re Constitutionality of Chapter 315, Laws of 1943Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1943
  2. In Re Integration of the BarWisconsin Supreme Court · 1946
  3. In Re Integration of the BarWisconsin Supreme Court · 1956

3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Lathrop v. DonohueSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Lathrop v. DonohueWisconsin Supreme Court · 1960
  3. In Re Attorney Discipline SystemCalifornia Supreme Court · 1998
  4. Herro, McAndrews & Porter, S. C. v. GerhardtWisconsin Supreme Court · 1974
  5. Steven Levine v. Chief Justice Nathan S. Heffernan, and State Bar of Wisconsin and Stephen L. SmayCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989

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