Word: district
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...case, Judge Hoffman issued bench warrants for their arrest. He ordered two of them-Gerald B. Lefcourt of New York and Michael Tigar of Santa Monica-jailed for contempt. The others-Michael Kennedy of San Francisco and Dennis Roberts of Oakland-obtained a supervening order from a U.S. district judge in San Francisco. Ordinarily, a lawyer appears in court to withdraw from a case; Hoffman was overreacting to a relatively minor breach of courtroom protocol. Although Judge Hoffman later canceled his order, 13 members of the Harvard Law School faculty asked the Illinois Bar Association to investigate his actions. Said...
Normally, off-year congressional elections turn on little more than local issues and personalities. These are not normal times, however, and the results of last week's contest for a vacant seat from Massachusetts' Sixth District carried implications far beyond the gritty shoe factories at Lynn or the fishing boats off the gray Gloucester coast...
When his name was mentioned, Seale jumped to his feet, protesting that his ailing lawyer. Charles Garry, was not present, United States District Judge Julius J. Hoffman dismissed the objection. saying he had overruled the objection previously, and ordered Seale to sit down...
...Congress against a "superhawk." Student volunteers saw a Harrington victory as a good omen for the October Moratorium. Many were certain that this Michael Harrington was the Michael Harrington who wrote The Other America and Toward a Democratic Left. No, that man is another Michael Harrington. The Sixth District may not be ready...
...Third District Court issued nine warrants for the arrest of three persons-including five warrants for Mann-on September 30, five days after the disruption. The Court issued nine additional warrants last Friday for seven persons, including the three already being sought. Mann is the only person identified in a warrant by name...