LAUGHLIN v. EICHER

Misc. No. 71.

145 F.2d 700 (1944)

LAUGHLIN v. EICHER.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided November 13, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James J. Laughlin, of Washington, D. C., petitioner, pro se.

Mr. O. John Rogge and Mr. Joseph W. Burns, Special Assistants to the Attorney General, and Mr. Philip R. Miller, Special Attorney, Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and STEPHENS, MILLER, EDGERTON, and ARNOLD, Associate Justices.


EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to reinstate counsel in a trial. James J. Laughlin, the petitioner, is a member of the bar. Edward C. Eicher, the respondent, is Chief Justice of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia and is presiding in United States v. McWilliams et al., D.C., 54 F.Supp. 791, commonly called the sedition trial.

Until July 5, 1944, petitioner...

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