CHANEY v. STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA

No. 21402.

386 F.2d 962 (1967)

Jerry D. CHANEY, Appellant, v. The STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

November 21, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry D. Chaney (argued), in pro. per.

O'Melveny & Myers, Philip F. Westbrook, Jr. (argued), Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before CHAMBERS, Chief Judge, JOHNSEN and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSEN, Senior Circuit Judge.

A law school graduate, not elsewhere admitted to the practice, took the examination required for admission to the California bar and twice failed to pass. He was eligible to take the examination a third time but chose not to do so. Instead, he brought suit under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against the State Bar of California, members of its Board of Governors, and members of its Committee of Bar Examiners, in...

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