Converse v. Nebraska State Bar Commission

602 N.W.2d 500 (1999)

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Nature of the Case

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Facts

P applied for permission to sit for the Nebraska bar examination. D denied permission for him to take the Nebraska bar examination because P lacked the requisite moral character. P's appeal was heard and D reaffirmed its initial determination. The Dean of the law school gave examples of P's somewhat different behavior. When P got a grade he did not believe was justified, he appealed and then lobbied against the 'offending' professors including sending letters to the Supreme Court of the State and federal judges as well. He submitted appeals to classmates and even local newspapers. But P never appealed the grades. In response to a photograph of a nude female's backside that he displayed in his study carrel in the USD law library and its removal by a law librarian P contacted the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and received a letter indicating that his photograph might be a protected expression under the First Amendment. P went to the student newspaper to alert the student body of the actions of the law school authorities, accusing them of unconstitutional censorship. The issues and activities of P were never ending. (From the case itself we count 6 major other incidents during law school.) P’s modus operandi was to attack and humiliate his targets and to escalate minor incidents into major events involving everyone and anyone. Prior to law school, P, in his capacity as a landlord, sued a tenant for nonpayment of rent and referred to the tenant as a 'fucking welfare bitch.' P testified at great length before D as to how he tends to personally attack individuals when he finds himself embroiled in a controversy. P appealed the decision. P alleges in part that his conduct was protected under the First Amendment.