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Hale v. Committee on Character and Fitness for the State of Illinois
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Hale v. Committee on Character and Fitness for the State of Illinois, 335 F.3d 678 (7th Cir. 2003), was a decision made by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in which the court refused on procedural grounds to disturb the Illinois Committee on Character of Fitness's denial of a license to practice law to Matthew F. Hale, on the ground that he lacked the moral character and fitness to practice law.
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Hale v. Committee on Character and Fitness | |
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![]() No. 14-2386 | |
Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit |
Full case name | Matthew F. Hale, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Committee on Character and Fitness for the State of Illinois, et al., Defendants-Appellees. |
Decided | July 14, 2003 |
Court membership | |
Judges sitting | Diane P. Wood, Joel Flaum, William J. Bauer |
The committee denied Hale's application on December 16, 1998, and refused again after an appeal on June 30, 1999, citing his antisemitic and racist views were "Inconsistent with the letter and spirit of the Rules of Professional Conduct," regardless of his stated intentions to uphold the state's values. After his petition to the Illinois Supreme Court was denied, Hale then filed a case in federal court against the Board of Admissions to the Bar, the Third District Committee, members of the Hearing Panel, and the Illinois Supreme Court. The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, citing the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, concluded that Hale did in fact have an opportunity to litigate his challenges to the Illinois Supreme Court's ruling, and subsequently dismissed his case.