TRIMBLE v. JOHNSTON

No. 921-59.

173 F.Supp. 651 (1959)

Vance H. TRIMBLE, Plaintiff, v. Felton M. JOHNSTON, Secretary of the United States Senate, Robert A. Brenkworth, Financial Clerk, United States Senate, and Joseph C. Duke, Sergeant at Arms, United States Senate, Defendants.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

June 2, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman S. Jeavons, Cleveland, Ohio, and Mark P. Friedlander, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Donald B. MacGuineas, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants.


HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

This is an action brought by a newspaper correspondent against the Secretary of the United States Senate, the Financial Clerk of the Senate, and the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, for a mandatory injunction requiring them to permit him to inspect and copy certain payroll records and other documents and papers relating to the disbursement of Government funds by the Senate of the United States. The case is before the Court on a motion by the...

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