Word: dismissal
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...before considering the defense's motions to dismiss, Judge Francis J. W. Ford, 82, ruled that the legality of the Vietnam war is not an issue in the case...
...preliminary hearings resume at 10 a.m. today. Ford will announce his rulings on the defense motion shortly after the hearings are completed. He is expected to set a trial date at that time if the motion to dismiss the indictment is denied
...make an educated guess that the judge will dismiss those cases which do not involve the sale of obscenity to minors," Avatar's lawyer, Harvey A. Silverglate said yesterday after a brief session in Middlesex Superior Court. Throughout the ten-day trial, the judge has expressed primary concern with the circumstances surrounding sales to minors and testimonies about the effect of obscenity on minors...
...article "Obscenity," it is reported that I said that Lenny Bruce was guilty of obscenity [March 1]. The contrary is true. As a judge of the court, I voted to acquit Lenny Bruce and to dismiss the information. I dissented from the conviction and wrote a dissenting opinion that expressed some of my distaste for the whole proceeding-which opinion was found so sharp as to warrant the censorship of non-publication in the official reports. The reversal on appeal of the co-defendant cannot set aright the fatal judicial wrong done Lenny Bruce-a wrong that...
...three-part documentary based on William L. Shirer's exhaustive 1959 history, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. "Historical villains can sometimes become heroes as the years pass," says Producer-Director Jack Kaufman. "I think it's important to remind young people not to dismiss past horrors lightly or think of Hitler as a kind of fantasy or legend...