Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NM

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1957-05-06

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Mr. Justice Black delivered the opinion of the Court. The question presented is whether petitioner, Rudolph Schware, has been denied a license to practice law in New Mexico in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. New Mexico has a system for the licensing of persons to practice law similar to that in effect in most States.<footn…

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