Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1957-06-17

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Mr. Justice Black delivered the opinion of the Court. The petitioner, Raphael Konigsberg, graduated from the Law School of the University of Southern California in 1953 and four months later satisfactorily passed the California bar examination. Nevertheless, the State Committee of Bar Examiners, after several hearings, refused to certify him to practice law on the grounds he had failed to prove (1) that he was…

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