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SKOLNICK v. KERNER

No. 16810.

435 F.2d 694 (1970)

Sherman H. SKOLNICK and Jean MacDonald, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Otto KERNER, Chairman, and the President's National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

November 16, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherman H. Skolnick, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants; Jean MacDonald, pro se.

William J. Bauer, U. S. Atty., John Peter Lulinski, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees; Jack B. Schmetterer, Jeffrey Cole, Asst. U. S. Attys., of counsel.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge, and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

SWYGERT, Chief Judge.

On February 28, 1968 plaintiffs Sherman H. Skolnick and Jean MacDonald, acting pro se, filed a complaint in the district court seeking compliance by the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders and its chairman with the provisions of the public information section of the Administrative Procedure Act. 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Supp. V, 1970).

Plaintiffs allege that the Commission wrongfully suppressed a report, "The Fruits of Racism...

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