Engel

Appellant Donald S. Engel appeals from an order of dismissal entered following the sustaining of respondents’ demurrers without leave to amend. Appellant, an attorney who formerly practiced in New York, and who has since been admitted to practice in California, seeks damages from the State Bar of California, the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California, and two named employees of the committee, for an allegedly unlawful delay in his admission to the California bar while his moral character was being investigated. The trial court held no cause of action was stated by the complaint.

According to the allegations of the complaint: from 1959 to 1975 appellant was a practicing attorney in New York and was at all times a member in good standing in the bars of the courts located in New York and at all times was of good moral character and scrupulously observed the canons of ethics and all moral and ethical considerations applicable to attorneys. In late 1975 he moved to California and applied as an attorney applicant for admission to practice law in California. He successfully completed the attorney’s examination and professional responsibility examination, with…