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KREBS v. ASHBROOK

Civ. A. No. 2157-66.

275 F.Supp. 111 (1967)

Dr. Allen M. KREBS and Walter D. Teague III, on their own behalf and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. John M. ASHBROOK, John H. Buchanan, Jr., Del Clawson, Joe R. Pool, Richard H. Ichord, William M. Tuck, George F. Senner, Jr., Charles L. Weltner, Edwin E. Willis, individually and as Chairman and Members of the Committee on Un-American Activities of the United States House of Representatives, David G. Bress, United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Defendants.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

September 11, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Ackerly, Washington, D. C., William M. Kunstler, New York City, and Lawrence Speiser, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Harry Alexander, Joseph M. Hannon, Frank Q. Nebeker and Gil Zimmerman, Asst. U. S. Attys., for defendants.

Before BAZELON, Chief Circuit Judge, FAHY, Circuit Judge, and CORCORAN, District Judge.

FAHY, Circuit Judge.

In its early stages this case was thought to require the convening of a three-judge District Court under the mandate of 28 U.S.C. § 2282,1 since the complaint, in seeking injunctive relief against appellees, alleged that Rule XI of the House of Representatives, the charter of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, was enacted by the Legislative Reorganization...

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