1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.E.2d
  4. 266 S.E.2d
  5. 266 S.E.2d 444 (1980)
 

PUSHINSKY v. W. VA. BD. OF LAW EXAMINERS

No. 14706.

266 S.E.2d 444 (1980)

Jon PUSHINSKY v. WEST VIRGINIA BOARD OF LAW EXAMINERS, Ralph Haines et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Bastress, Morgantown, for petitioner.

Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen., Richard L. Gottlieb, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondents.

McGRAW, Justice.

Petitioner, Jon Pushinsky, seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the respondents, the West Virginia Board of Law Examiners, to process his application for admission to the West Virginia State Bar. We are asked to decide if the Board may decline to consider an application for admission to the practice of law when an applicant refuses to answer questions relating to his advocacy of or knowing affiliation with organizations advocating the violent or forceful...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases