TYLER v. VICKERY

No. 74-3413.

517 F.2d 1089 (1975)

Eugene W. TYLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Trammell E. VICKERY et al., Defendants-Appellees. Ralph BANKS, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Trammell E. VICKERY et al., Defendants-Appellees. James E. C. PERRY et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Edward S. SELL, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 26, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil Bradley, Laughlin McDonald, Atlanta, Ga., Elaine R. Jones, Jeffry Mintz, Melvin L. Wulf, New York City, C. B. King, Albany, Ga., Ray P. McClain, Charleston, S. C., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., Dorothy Y. Kirkley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before GEWIN, DYER and ADAMS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 26, 1975.

DYER, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents a broad-based challenge to the constitutionality of the Georgia bar examination on due process and equal protection grounds. This suit before us, which has been certified by the district court as a class action on behalf of all black persons who have taken and failed the Georgia bar examination and have not been admitted to the practice of law in Georgia, as...

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