Word: courtroom
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...agents for seeing that the order was carried out. It was in that capacity that North Dakota's Judge Ronald Davies sat last week in Little Rock. It was in line with the policy set forth by the Supreme Court that the Administration fought its battle in the courtroom, and not with such grandstand stunts as having President Eisenhower fly to Little Rock and lead Negro children by the hand through the National Guard lines (a notion suggested by Democratic Senators Hubert Humphrey and Paul Douglas...
Unalterable Stand. The smallish courtroom on the west end of Little Rock's granite Federal Court Building was crowded to capacity (about 130)-but Orval Faubus was conspicuously absent. He satisfied the requirements of the summons by sending three lawyers, including Democratic State Committee Chairman Tom Harper...
Judge Davies entered the courtroom at 10 a.m., climbed the dais and engulfed himself in a padded chair several sizes too large. Immediately before him was a group of delaying motions filed by the Faubus legal battery: that Judge Davies disqualify himself on the ground of personal bias, that service of subpoenas against National Guard officers be quashed, that the case be dismissed because it should be heard by a three-judge court...
...this court or anywhere else can question his discretion and judgment . . ." Harper left one door open for retreat: "This is not to say that the respondents will not comply until they can be set aside, with orders, even though they may be made here." Then, with old-fashioned courtroom courtesy...
Uncomplicated Case. U.S. observers, including the American Legion's Alvin Owsley and former U.S. Court of Appeals Judge William Clark, came away somewhat mollified after the first day, though Judge Clark had denounced the Japanese judge for "insolence" in not finding space for him in the crowded courtroom. "I was terribly impressed with that Japanese court," said Owsley. "I stood in awe . . . I was amazed at the fairness of Judge Kawachi...