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RICHARDSON v. McFADDEN

Nos. 73-2512, 73-2513.

540 F.2d 744 (1976)

David RICHARDSON et al., Appellants, v. J. Means McFADDEN et al., Appellees. David RICHARDSON et al., Appellees, v. J. Means McFADDEN et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 30, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray P. McClain, Charleston, S. C. (Laughlin McDonald, Neil Bradley, Atlanta, Ga., F. Henderson Moore, Charleston, S. C., Melvin L. Wulf and E. Richard Larson, New York City, on brief), for David Richardson et al.

Randall T. Bell, Columbia, S. C. (Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., and A. Camden Lewis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Columbia, S. C., on brief), for J. Means McFadden et al.

Before BOREMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, CRAVEN, Circuit Judge, and HADEN, District Judge.

CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

This action for declaratory and injunctive relief was brought by four black law school graduates1 who had satisfied all requirements for admission to the South Carolina Bar except that they received failing scores on the bar examination. They challenge the constitutionality of the South Carolina Bar Exam as applied generally to black applicants. Appellants Spain and Kelly also attack its validity as applied to them...

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