Legal Opinion
Borntrager v. Stevas
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 30, 1985No. 85-1295PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
In this action the plaintiff, Ezra Eli Born-trager, a Missouri resident and attorney, complains that the Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States illegally refused to accept and process his application for admission to the Supreme Court Bar. In submitting his application, the plaintiff refused on religious grounds to provide his social security number in the space reserved for that number on the application form. The defendant declined to process the application, informing the plaintiff that Rule 5.2 of the Supreme Court Rules required applicants to complete “the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Griffin v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1844
- Bernard Smith and Patrick B. Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- Piledrivers' Local Union No. 2375 v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Charles Hironymous v. Dr. Otis R. Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
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