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WOODARD v. VIRGINIA BD. OF BAR EXAMINERS

Civ. A. No. 75-0437-R.

420 F.Supp. 211 (1976)

Jesse Lincoln WOODARD et al., Plaintiffs, v. VIRGINIA BOARD OF BAR EXAMINERS et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

September 9, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Winstead, Norfolk, Va., W. Edward Thompson, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Stuart H. Dunn, D. Patrick Lacy, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Richmond, Va., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

MERHIGE, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a black citizen of Virginia who failed to pass the Virginia bar examination, brings this action under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, 1985, 1988 and 2000e-2 to redress alleged racially discriminatory practices which deprive black applicants of an equal opportunity to become practicing attorneys at law in Virginia. The Court has tentatively declared this litigation to be a class action pursuant to Rule 23...

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