Legal Opinion
Jerry D. Chaney v. The State Bar of California
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 21, 1967No. 21402PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSEN, Senior Circuit Judge.
A law school graduate, not elsewhere admitted to the practice, took the examination required for admission to the California bar and twice failed to pass. He was eligible to take the examination a third time but chose not to do so. Instead, he brought suit under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against the State Bar of California, members of its Board of Governors, and members of its Committee of Bar Examiners, in injunction and damages, for not being certified to the Supreme Court of California for admission.
The District Court dismissed the action…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NMSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- McNeese v. Board of Education for Community Unit School District 187 CahokiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Neal Clark v. State of Washington, and Washington State Bar Association, an Agency of State Government, the State Bar of California, Amicus CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by70 opinions
- Eugene W. Tyler v. Trammell E. Vickery, Ralph Banks, Jr. v. Trammell E. Vickery, James E. C. Perry v. Edward S. Sell, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Keenan v. Board of Law Examiners of State of NCDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1970
- Solomon Feldman, Jr. v. State Board of Law ExaminersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Chance v. Board of ExaminersDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1971
- Leroy Whitfield v. Illinois Board of Law Examiners, Len Young SmithCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
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