TAYLOR v. SAFLY

No. 79-170.

637 S.W.2d 578 (1982)

Felix D. TAYLOR, Joseph Taylor, Jr., Claude V. Nicholson, Clarence T. Nails, Jr., and J. H. Booker, Petitioners, v. Stephen SAFLY, Secretary, Arkansas State Board of Law Examiners, Charles B. Roscopf, Chairman, Arkansas State Board of Law Examiners, and Arkansas State Board of Law Examiners, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Felix D. Taylor, Joseph Taylor, Jr., Clarence T. Nails, Claude V. Nicholson, J. H. Booker, pro se.

G. Ross Smith, P. A., Little Rock, for respondents.


HAYS, Justice.

This original action was filed on April 30, 1979, by petitioners, who are black, seeking admission to the bar of Arkansas without the requirement of an examination, and for the adoption of amendments to the rules of the Supreme Court governing admission to the bar. Petitioners are graduates of law schools accredited by the American Bar Association and have taken the examination of the State Board of Law Examiners at least twice, in some instances three...

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