IN RE GRIFFITHS

No. 71-1336.

413 U.S. 717 (1973)

IN RE GRIFFITHS

Supreme Court of the United States.

Decided June 25, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. David Broiles argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief were Melvin L. Wulf and Joel M. Gora.

George R. Tiernan argued the cause and filed a brief for the State Bar Examining Committee of Connecticut.*


MR. JUSTICE POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents a novel question as to the constraints imposed by the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment on the qualifications which a State may require for admission to the bar. Appellant, Fre Le Poole Griffiths, is a citizen of the Netherlands who came to the United States in 1965, originally as a visitor. In 1967 she married a citizen of the United...

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