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ELMHURST v. PEARSON

No. 8986.

153 F.2d 467 (1946)

ELMHURST v. PEARSON et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided February 11, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James J. Laughlin, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Nicholas J. Chase, of Washington, D. C., for appellees Pearson, Blue Network and Radio Station WMAL.

Mr. Philip R. Miller, Special Attorney, Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C., for appellee Rogge.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and WILBUR K. MILLER and PRETTYMAN, Associate Justices.

WILBUR K. MILLER, Associate Justice.

For seven months during the year 1944 several persons were on trial in the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia on the criminal charge of conspiring to undermine the morale of the armed forces of the United States. The proceeding, which came to be known as the sedition case, received nationwide notoriety through the press and over the radio networks. The appellant, Ernest F. Elmhurst, was one of the...

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