MORROW v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Nos. 22126, 22131.

417 F.2d 728 (1969)

Don MORROW, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee. In the Matter of Harry T. ALEXANDER, Judge, District of Columbia Court of General Sessions.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 18, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ralph J. Temple, Washington, D. C., for appellant in No. 22,126.

Mr. Frank D. Reeves, Washington, D. C., for appellant in No. 22,131.

Mr. John R. Hess, Asst. Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia, with whom Messrs. Charles T. Duncan, Corporation Counsel, Hubert B. Pair, Principal Asst. Corporation Counsel, and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corporation Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before PRETTYMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and WRIGHT and TAMM, Circuit Judges.


J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

This case presents a somewhat tangled series of novel questions concerning the power of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals to restrain the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions from issuing orders outside its jurisdiction, and the jurisdiction of the Court of General Sessions to issue orders prohibiting the dissemination of police records regarding the arrests of persons tried in the Criminal Division of that court...

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