Supreme Court of Virginia v. Friedman

E87373

United States Supreme Court case court case

Supreme Court of Virginia v. Friedman is a 1988 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down Virginia’s residency requirement for bar admission on motion as a violation of the Privileges and Immunities Clause.

Aliases (1)

Supreme Court of Virginia et al. v. Friedman ×1

Statements (26)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case → court case →
appliesTo	out-of-state attorneys seeking admission on motion in Virginia →
areaOfLaw	bar admission → constitutional law → professional responsibility →
constitutionalProvision	Article IV Privileges and Immunities Clause → Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution →
country	United States →
court	Supreme Court of the United States →
decisionDate	1988 →
fullCaseName	Supreme Court of Virginia et al. v. Friedman →
holding	A state may not condition bar admission on motion on state residency when the applicant is already admitted elsewhere and otherwise qualified → Virginia’s residency requirement for bar admission on motion violated the Privileges and Immunities Clause →
jurisdiction	United States →
legalIssue	Privileges and Immunities Clause → bar admission on motion → state residency requirement for bar admission →
outcome	state residency requirement for bar admission on motion struck down →
petitioner	Supreme Court of Virginia →
relevance	clarifies scope of Privileges and Immunities protections for practicing law → limits state discrimination against nonresidents in professional licensing →
respondent	Friedman →
stateInvolved	Virginia →
typeOfRestrictionChallenged	residency requirement for bar admission on motion →
yearDecided	1988 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Supreme Court of Virginia v. Friedman ("Supreme Court of Virginia et al. v. Friedman") →	fullCaseName
Supreme Court of New Hampshire v. Piper →	relatedCase