Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Conflict of Interest. The most damaging allegations, however, concerned the Appellate Court judge's failure to remove himself from cases in which he may have had a financial interest. Led by Indiana's Birch Bayh, liberal committee members charged Haynsworth with conflict of interest for not disqualifying himself from a 1963 trial involving the Textile Workers Union and a firm that did business with a vending-machine company in which he had a one-seventh interest...
...Supreme Court rulings outlawing separate but equal education and upholding the right of indigent defendants to counsel. But he declined to go into detail on these issues on the grounds that his comments could hinder him if he should actually sit on such cases. He did, however, rebut the conflict-of-interest charge vehemently. Stuttering slightly, he not only denied any impropriety, but also held that since his company was not directly involved, he in fact had an obligation not to disqualify himself from the textile-company case...
Moral Sensitivity. Haynsworth's backers supported his contention, and even introduced a 1964 letter from then-Attorney General Robert Kennedy clearing him of any conflict of interest. Edward Kennedy's statement to the committee that the letter was based on incomplete information tended to lessen its impact. But Senate conservatives stuck to their position, and received support from at least two members of the influential American Bar Association. Lawrence Walsh, a former federal judge and deputy attorney general, and chairman of the A.B.A. Committee on the Federal Judiciary, told the Senate that he saw no conflict in Haynsworth...
Although the disclosure raises new questions about Haynsworth's moral sensitivity, it has not shaken his supporters' confidence in his ultimate confirmation. But those less committed to his appointment are beginning to waver. Whether or not Haynsworth is actually in conflict of interest, his actions have at least raised the appearance of conflict. As the Canons of Judicial Ethics point out, a judge should avoid even actions that arouse suspicion...
...peace was short-lived. A new wave of firebombings swept the town early this summer, forcing the resignation of Police Chief Carl Clutts. The new chief, William Petersen, made some progress toward cooling the conflict when he took away the deputy status that had been granted the White Hats. The group disbanded, but resurfaced almost immediately in a new organization, the United Citizens for Community Action, whose leader, Lumberman Robert Cunningham, is considered excessively racist even by local white supremacists...