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Court
Cases on Character & Fitness...
| A comprehensive compilation of
character and fitness cases from the National
Conference of Bar Examiners
Note: These are mostly
state cases that unfortunately promote the
preservation of administrative latitude for
licensing officials.
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| Two important cases that were
decided in 2003 and 2004 by the United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit:
Dubuc
v. Mich. Bd. of Law Examiners,
342 F.3d 610 (6th Cir. 2003) and Dean v.
Byerley, 354 F.3d 540 (6th Cir.
2004)
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Click
here to see the Dean case
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| Prominent and highly respected
Florida and Michigan civil rights attorney,
Robert D. Horvath's three-page article in the
December edition of the Michigan Bar Journal, 82
Michigan Bar Journal 9 (Dec. 2003). |
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| An important case from the United
States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit,
Roe #2 v Ogden, 253 F.3d 1225 (10th Cir. 2001) |
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| Certain federal judges had been
misapplying the Rooker-Feldman doctrine
to dismiss bar applicants' court challenges on
subject-matter jurisdiction grounds. On March
30, 2005, the Supreme Court of the United States
decided an important case that will narrow the
prospective application of the Rooker-Feldman
doctrine. |
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