SMITH v. DAVIS

Civ. A. No. 72-145-CH.

350 F.Supp. 1225 (1972)

Donald Rexford SMITH, Individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, James E. Parker et al., Intervening Plaintiffs, v. Fred L. DAVIS, President, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. West Virginia, Charleston Division.

November 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brown H. Payne, Beckley, W. Va., for Smith.

Paul J. Kaufman and Edwin R. McClelland, Charleston, W. Va., for intervening plaintiffs.

Richard E. Hardison, Asst. Atty. Gen., of W. Va., with Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen., Charleston, W. Va., for defendants.

Before FIELD, Circuit Judge, and KNAPP and HALL, District Judges.


MEMORANDUM ORDER

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff, Donald Rexford Smith, a native of West Virginia and a recent graduate of a North Carolina law school, commenced this action against the State Board of Law Examiners of West Virginia for declaratory and injunctive relief following the Board's refusal to certify him as an applicant entitled to be licensed to practice law in the courts of West Virginia. He asks that a West Virginia statute, Code, § 30-2-1 (Michie...

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