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GOLDFARB v. SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA

No. 84-1928.

766 F.2d 859 (1985)

Ronald L. GOLDFARB, Appellant, v. SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA; Allen L. Lucy, Clerk, Supreme Court of Virginia; and Robert N. Baldwin, Executive Secretary, Supreme Court of Virginia, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 3, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cornish F. Hitchcock, Washington, D.C., (Alan B. Morrison, Washington, D.C., John Cary Sims, on brief), for appellant.

Gregory E. Lucyk, Asst. Atty. Gen., (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., James T. Moore, III, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before SPROUSE and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges, and KAUFMAN, Chief United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

The Supreme Court of Virginia will admit an out-of-state attorney to the Commonwealth bar without examination only if the applicant intends to practice full-time in Virginia. The plaintiff, alleging that this requirement violates the Commerce Clause and the Due Process Clause, filed suit for declaratory and injunctive relief. The district court held that the rule does not exceed the authority of the Commonwealth or abridge the rights of the...

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