FRIEDMAN v. SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA

No. 86-3170.

822 F.2d 423 (1987)

Myrna E. FRIEDMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA; David B. Beach, Defendants-Appellants, American Corporate Counsel Association Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 12, 1987.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 21, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory E. Lucyk, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen. of Virginia, Gail Starling Marshall, Deputy Atty. Gen., James T. Moore, III, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendants-appellants.

Cornish F. Hitchcock (Alan B. Morrison, Public Citizen Litigation Group, John J. Mclaughlin on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, ERVIN, Circuit Judge, and YOUNG, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 21, 1987.

HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge:

The Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia permit some Virginia residents, but prevent nonresidents, from gaining admission to the Virginia bar on motion without having to take the bar examination. The district court ruled that this restriction violates the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV, § 2 of the United States Constitution. The defendants appeal and...

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