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KONIGSBERG v. STATE BAR

No. 28.

366 U.S. 36 (1961)

81 S.Ct. 997

6 L.Ed.2d 105

KONIGSBERG v. STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 24, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Mosk argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Sam Rosenwein.

Frank B. Belcher argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was Ralph E. Lewis.

Briefs of amici curiae, urging reversal, were filed by David Scribner, Leonard B. Boudin, Ben Margolis, William B. Murrish and Charles Stewart for the National Lawyers Guild; A. L. Wirin, Fred Okrand and Hugh R. Manes for the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California; and Robert L. Brock, Pauline Epstein, Robert W. Kenny, Hugh R. Manes, Ben Margolis, Daniel G. Marshall, William B. Murrish, John McTernan, Maynard Omerberg, Alexander Schullman and David Sokol on behalf of themselves and certain other members of the California Bar.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case, involving California's second rejection of petitioner's application for admission to the state bar, is a sequel to Konigsberg v. State Bar, 353 U.S. 252, in which this Court reversed the State's initial refusal of his application.

Under California law the State Supreme Court may admit to the practice of law any applicant whose qualifications have...

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