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SHAPIRO v. COOKE

No. 82-CV-487.

552 F.Supp. 581 (1982)

Philip S. SHAPIRO, Plaintiff, v. Chief Judge Lawrence H. COOKE and Associate Judges Matthew J. Jasen, Domenick L. Gabrielli, Hugh R. Jones, Sol Wachtler, Jacob D. Fuchsberg and Bernard S. Meyer as the Court of Appeals of the State of New York, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. New York.

October 27, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McGinn & Brown, P.C., Albany, N.Y., for plaintiff; Arthur F. McGinn, Jr., Albany, N.Y., of counsel.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of N.Y., Albany, N.Y., for defendants; David B. Roberts, Asst. Atty. Gen., Albany, N.Y., of counsel.

MEMORANDUM-DECISION and ORDER

MINER, District Judge.

I

This is an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, challenging the constitutionality of 22 NYCRR § 520.9(a), which sets forth the standards for admission to the New York State bar without examination. Specifically, plaintiff disputes the rule's requirement for five years of experience in lieu of successful completion of the bar examination, insofar as it fails to credit as "actual practice...

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