Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Jadd
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 21, 1984PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
Robert I. Jadd, a resident of the State of New York, a member of the bar of the State of Florida since 1974, and a member of the bar of the State of New York since 1975, challenges the constitutionality of the requirement of S.J.C. Rule 3:01, § 6.1.1, as appearing in 382 Mass. 753 (1981), that an attorney seeking admission to the Massachusetts bar on motion must be a resident of the Commonwealth. His principal claim is that the residency requirement violates the privileges and immunities clause of art. 4 of the Constitution of the United States. The Board of Bar Examiners denied Mr. Jadd’s…
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