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...unconvinced, had no choice but to appeal to the courts. They could not sue Harvard themselves, nor force the Attorney General to do so; yet their strongest feeling has been that some judicial test is necessary. The case of John S. Ames et al.V.Attorney General, therefore , is for a writ of Mandamus to compel Fingold to rehear their application according to "a proper appreciation of his own duty and the rules of law applicable to the questions involved "Meanwhile there were still quiet efforts to smooth out affairs. Two Association directors had been meeting with Harvard officials, and once...
...take up some 200 pages, and there is little fat in them. the major argument between petitioners and the Attorney General are on the question of his discretion. His view precludes any review of his decision at ll while the petitioners think otherwise, at least so far as a writ of Mandamus is concerned. The Attorney General considers it his duty to look into the merits of the case before lending his name, while the petitioners would limit him to deciding whether the case was doubtful and whether the applications were made in good faith...
...case came up for a hearing two weeks ago before Chief Justice Qua and Justices Williams, Lummus, and Couhihan. Both sides spoke at length, but the Court for the most part interrupted only Mr. Dodge. The questions referred to the writ of Mandamus, and the merits of the Arboretum dispute itself were not stressed. At one point the Chief Justice commented, "Petitioners position appears to be a novel...
Seraphim, according to Holy Writ, are members of a high angelic order who function as messengers of the Kingdom of Heaven. In Isaiah's vision they had three sets of wings, the better to aid them in their flights through space and eternity. and they traveled with the speed of light. On earth last week, a sort of human seraph was buzzing around the planet at a fabulous rate for a messenger tied to mere aircraft. In less than a fortnight he had: munched mangoes in Manila with President Magsaysay; lunched in London with Winston Churchill: held high-level...
...last week U.S. Federal District Judge John P. Barnes (who wears a beard) decided that Roger was not so terrible. The judge issued a writ of habeas corpus (with a 774-page opinion) freeing Roger from prison, where he had served only 21 years of a 99-year sentence. Judge Barnes said that Roger had been railroaded on a charge of kidnaping Jake ("The Barber") Factor, another character in the '20s' melodrama of crime, which either was or was not more real than a Slavic folk tale...