Legal Opinion
In Re Anastaplo
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 24, 1961No. 58PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
The questions presented by this case are similar to those involved in No. 28, Konigsberg v. State Bar of California, decided today, ante, p. 36.
' In 1954 petitioner, George Anastaplo, an instructor and research assistant at the University of Chicago, having previously passed his Illinois bar examinations, was denied admission to the bar of that State by the Illinois Supreme Court.1 The denial was based upon his refusal to answer *84questions of the Committee on Character and Fitness as to whether he was a member of the Communist Party.2 This Court, two Justices dissenting, refused review. 348 U.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NMSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Yates v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- American Communications Assn. v. DoudsSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Barenblatt v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by78 opinions
- District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. FeldmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Baird v. State Bar of ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Lathrop v. DonohueSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Billy Maurice Ogden v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- Samuel Grafton and Lyle Silversmith, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Brooklyn Law SchoolCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
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