Legal Opinion
Anna Lee Brown v. Board of Bar Examiners of the State of Nevada and Board of Governors of the State Bar of Nevada
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 18, 1980No. CA 79-4529PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POOLE, Circuit Judge.
The Board of Bar Examiners of the State of Nevada and the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Nevada appeal from the issuance of a preliminary injunction compelling them to administer the 1979 bar examination to appellee Anna Lee Brown. In February 1979, Brown applied for admission to the State Bar of Nevada, 1 but her application was rejected because, as a graduate of a correspondence law school not accredited by the American Bar Association, she failed to comply with Nevada Supreme Court Rule 51(3). 2 In May, Brown submitted a petition and supporting documents to the…
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