Legal Opinion
Mead
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 28, 1977PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The petitioner, Charles Bernard Mead (Mead), took the Massachusetts bar examination in February, 1976. He failed. His action in the Supreme Judicial Court for the county of Suffolk prayed that the Board of Bar Examiners (board) be ordered to reevaluate the essay portion of his examination. He also filed a motion that the board be ordered to produce various materials which would enable Mead to “prove statistically” that his low score on the essay portion was inconsistent with the “very high score” he obtained in the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) portion of the February, 1976, examination.
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2Cases cited11 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
- Solomon Feldman, Jr. v. State Board of Law ExaminersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Jerry D. Chaney v. The State Bar of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
- Leroy Whitfield v. Illinois Board of Law Examiners, Len Young SmithCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
- Staley v. State BarCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Scinto v. StammSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- Román Vargas v. Tribunal Examinador de Médicos de Puerto RicoSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1985
- Martin v. Educational Testing Service, Inc.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1981
- Wei Jia v. Board of Bar ExaminersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Gilbert Sutton v. Samuel S. LionelCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
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