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CRAIG v. STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA

No. 96-55396.

141 F.3d 1353 (1998)

James Kevin CRAIG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 17, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward McGlynn Gaffney, Jr., Valparaiso University School of Law, Valparaiso, Indiana, for plaintiff-appellant.

Colin P. Wong, Office of the Gen. Counsel, The State Bar of California, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee.

Before: BROWNING, BRUNETTI, and TROTT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff James Craig passed the July 1988 California bar examination. He asked the Committee of Bar Examiners ("Committee") to allow him to take an amended oath because the provision of the oath requiring support of the state and federal constitutions conflicts with his religious beliefs. As a "Christian pacifist and philosophical anarchist," Craig views oaths as sacred commitments that must be taken only as acts of religious worship. He also believes...

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