Legal Opinion
Greyling Byron Poats v. Richard M. Givan, Chief Justice
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 10, 1981No. 80-2030PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Per curiam
We hold that the Indiana Supreme Court rule limiting the number of bar examinations which an applicant may take to four is constitutional.
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The plaintiff is a law school graduate 1 who has failed the Indiana bar examination on four different occasions. 2 He brought this action under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985(3) against the justices of the Indiana Supreme Court and the members of the State Board of Law Examiners, for damages and for injunctive and declaratory relief. The plaintiff contends, as summarized in his complaint, as follows:... [T]he plaintiff has been denied his right to “due…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NMSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleurSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Vlandis v. KlineSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Theard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Scinto v. StammSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- Joseph R. Giannini v. Manuel L. Real A. Wallace TashimaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Román Vargas v. Tribunal Examinador de Médicos de Puerto RicoSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1985
- Roxanne Jones, Mary Kyser, Perry Varner and Velmer Taylor, Plaintiffs v. Board of Commissioners of the Alabama State BarCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Anthony G. Scariano v. Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of Indiana and Members of the State Board of Law Examiners of the State of IndianaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
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