George Daly
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George Daly, born in Columbia, Miss, in 1937, discusses completing his undergraduate studies at Princeton University and legal training at Harvard Law School. He speaks about practicing as a litigator in Charlotte and some notable cases of his career. He reflects on bringing a suit against the State Board of Bar Examiners for their one-year residency requirement, which was found to be unconstitutional. Daly recalls the Shapiro v. Thompson [394 U.S. 618 (1969)] case which involved equal protection claims, the Hippie House cases which involved the constitutionality of certain vagrancy laws, and other controversial cases of the 1960s and 1970s.
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