Supreme Court of New Hampshire v. Piper

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Privileges and Immunities Clause case United States Supreme Court case landmark decision

Supreme Court of New Hampshire v. Piper is a 1985 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a state residency requirement for bar admission as unconstitutional under the Privileges and Immunities Clause.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Privileges and Immunities Clause case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
landmark decision ⓘ
affectedGroup nonresident attorneys seeking bar admission ⓘ
areaOfImpact interstate practice of law ⓘ
professional licensing ⓘ
barAdmissionRuleChallenged New Hampshire Supreme Court Rule requiring state residency for bar admission ⓘ
barredPractice state residency requirement for admission to the New Hampshire bar ⓘ
citation 470 U.S. 274 ⓘ
constitutionalBasisOfChallenge Privileges and Immunities Clause ⓘ
surface form: Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1985-03-04 ⓘ
decisionType plenary decision ⓘ
dissentingJustice William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
surface form: Justice William H. Rehnquist
docketNumber 84-12 ⓘ
holding A state may not condition bar admission on state residency under the Privileges and Immunities Clause ⓘ
New Hampshire’s residency requirement for bar admission violated the Privileges and Immunities Clause ⓘ
issue Whether a state can restrict bar admission to residents of that state ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal question jurisdiction ⓘ
languageOfOpinion English ⓘ
legalSubject Privileges and Immunities Clause ⓘ
bar admission ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
state residency requirements ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ
surface form: Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.
originatingCourt Supreme Court of New Hampshire ⓘ
pageInUnitedStatesReports 274 ⓘ
partyTypeInvolved individual attorney applicant ⓘ
state supreme court ⓘ
petitioner Supreme Court of New Hampshire ⓘ
precedentStatus binding on all lower federal courts ⓘ
binding on state courts on questions of federal law ⓘ
relatedCase Barnard v. Thorstenn ⓘ
Supreme Court of Virginia v. Friedman ⓘ
relatedDoctrine substantial reason test under the Privileges and Immunities Clause ⓘ
respondent Kathryn A. Piper ⓘ
result New Hampshire residency requirement for bar admission invalidated ⓘ
stateInvolved New Hampshire ⓘ
volumeInUnitedStatesReports 470 ⓘ
vote 8-1 ⓘ
yearDecided 1985 ⓘ

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