LOMBARDI v. TAURO

No. 72-1289.

470 F.2d 798 (1972)

Dominic M. LOMBARDI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. G. Joseph TAURO et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 15, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Hagopian, Wrentham, Mass., for appellant.

Lawrence T. Bench, Asst. Atty. Gen. with whom Robert H. Quinn, Atty. Gen. and Walter H. Mayo, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., were on brief, for appellees.

Before ALDRICH, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.


McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from the dismissal of a Civil Rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 involves the constitutional validity of certain Massachusetts rules, statutes, and constitutional provisions regulating admissions to the bar. The provision most directly in question is Rule 3:01(3)(b) of the Supreme Judicial Court, which requires that all candidates for admission to the Massachusetts bar be graduates of a qualified law school.

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