APPLICATION OF PATTERSON


125 F.Supp. 881 (1954)

In the Matter of the Application of William L. PATTERSON to Quash a subpoena Duces Tecum Issued by the Clerk of the United States District Court of the Southern District Upon the Request of the United States Attorney Directing Civil Rights Congress by William L. Patterson to Produce Before the U. S. Grand Jury of the Southern District Specified Records of Civil Rights Congress.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

November 19, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Edward Lumbard, U. S. Atty., New York City, Richard Owen, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City, of counsel, for the United States.

Milton H. Friedman, New York City, for William L. Patterson.


WEINFELD, District Judge.

This is a motion pursuant to Rule 42 (b) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, 18 U.S.C., to adjudge a witness in criminal contempt for failure to produce certain records before a Grand Jury. The application originated in a presentment by the Grand Jury for an order directing the witness, William L. Patterson, as the Executive Secretary of the Civil Rights Congress, to produce its detailed record receipts for the years 1950 through...

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