Word: bond
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Members of the Civil Rights Committee at the Law School are researching the legal brief for Julian Bond, the 26-year-old Atlanta legislator who was barred from his seat two weeks ago by the Georgia House of Representatives...
...Friday, a three-judge panel will hear the petition filed by Bond's attorney's seeking an injunction that would force the legislature to seat...
Joseph P. Meissner, a third-year student at the Law School and president of the Civil Rights Committee, contacted one of Bond's lawyers late last week and offered assistance...
...lawyer, Charles Morgan, asked Meissner to research precedents supporting his brief. The brief alleges that by refusing to seat Bond, the Georgia House has denied him his Constitutional rights under the 5th, 6th, 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments...
...that, nearly a dozen white legislators signed petitions to deny him his seat, some charging him with treason. Bond's lawyers promptly filed suit in federal court to force the house to reverse its decision and seat him. At week's end, 1,000 demonstrators marched on the state capitol in Atlanta to protest his ouster...