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...judges sometimes shudder to see student lawyers in their courts. Common Pleas Court Judge John Patrick O'Brien, class of 1957, normally deals with civil cases. He complains that "these fellows are altruistic, and to that extent their interests clash with mine because I have to keep the docket moving along. These fellows will take up the court's time arguing over a principle. It costs $100,000 a year to run a municipal court. We can't be arguing over principles." If Brockway and his youngsters have their way, however, Detroit courts will be hearing such...
...charge: conspiracy to bomb public places in New York City and assassinate police. The courtroom atmosphere: chaotic, as scuffling and shouting became part of the daily docket in the pretrial hearings of 13 Black Panthers. Only after Judge John Murtagh stopped all action, presenting the prospect of indefinite jail stays, did the proceedings settle down to ten months of routine, producing little dramatic evidence and no political show reminiscent of the Chicago Seven trial...
Peterson said there is no particular "docket," or area of the country, whose quota of admissions has been reduced. Rather, he said, it is "the doughnuts around the big cities" which are not as successful with the Harvard Admissions Committee as they used...
...Andrew J. Gleason, professor of Mathematics and chairman of the Docket Committee, then offered up the meat and potatoes of the meeting, which was a report by the Faculty Council Subcommittee on Election Procedures, proposing new methods for electing students to five other-Faculty committees...
...Docket Chairman Gleason announced during the meeting that to encourage Faculty members to read the docket before future meetings, copies would henceforth be available in the Faculty Club...