HAWKINS v. MOSS

No. 73-1601.

503 F.2d 1171 (1974)

Alva Owen HAWKINS, Appellant, v. Honorable Joseph R. MOSS, Chief Justice, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 18, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil Bradley, Atlanta, Ga. (Laughlin McDonald, Morris Brown, Emily Carssow, Atlanta, Ga., P. King Holmes and H. Christopher Coates, Columbia, S. C., on brief), for appellant.

Ellison D. Smith, IV, Asst. Atty. Gen., (Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., and Donald V. Myers, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellees.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and RUSSELL and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.


DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff, a lawyer admitted to practice in the Courts of New Jersey, has, according to his complaint, established a residence in South Carolina (though retaining a desk in a law office in New Jersey) and he seeks to gain admission to the Bar of South Carolina without submitting to the normal requirement of taking an examination in order to demonstrate his legal competency or proficiency. He bases his claim for exemption from such...

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