Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Quelch v. Daugherty
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided July 27, 1983No. 15784PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARSHBARGER, Justice:
Petitioners are four law students in good standing at West Virginia University School of Law. They have invoked our original jurisdiction to mandamus the Board of Law Examiners to admit them to practice law without taking the Bar examination. In 1981 our state legislature amended W.Va.Code, 30-2-1, to require all West Virginia University law school graduates after July 1, 1983, to take the examination. Until that time, West Virginia University Law School graduates had been “privileged”, not required to successfully complete the examination in order to qualify for…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Attorney General of Maryland v. WaldronCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1981
- In re CannonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1932
- Opinion of the Justices to the SenateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- West Virginia State Bar v. EarleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1959
- State Ex Rel. Barker v. ManchinWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1981
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- In Re DostertWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1984
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