In Re Reid's Petition

OPINION

By the Court,

Badt, J.:

The above-captioned matter is before us on a petition for review of the recommendation of the Board of Bar Examiners that Dallas Wendell Reid be denied admission to the State Bar of Nevada.

Mr. Reid was 27th in rank in a class of 29 that took the 1958 Nevada State Bar examinations. Twenty-two of the 29 passed the examination. The passing grade was established many years ago as 75 percent and was in effect at the time. Mr.' Reid’s average grade on all of the examinations taken was 70.4 percent. This resulted from the following respective grades on all examinations:…