HALLINAN v. COMMITTEE OF BAR EXAMINERS

Docket No. S.F. 22295.

65 Cal.2d 447 (1966)

421 P.2d 76

55 Cal. Rptr. 228

TERENCE HALLINAN, Petitioner, v. COMMITTEE OF BAR EXAMINERS, THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 15, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garry, Dreyfus & McTernan and Benjamin Dreyfus for Petitioner.

Marshal W. Krause, A.L. Wirin, Fred Okrand and Lawrence R. Sperber as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Herman F. Selvin, Loeb & Loeb and Kenneth D. McCloskey for Respondent.


PETERS, J.

Petitioner, Terence Hallinan, seeks review of the action of the Committee of Bar Examiners in refusing to certify him to this court for admission to practice law in California. (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 6066.)

Petitioner, now aged 29, graduated from Hastings College of Law and in March 1965 took and passed the bar examination given general applicants. He was not certified for admission, however, pending investigation and hearing into his possession...

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