BAIRD v. EISENSTADT

Misc. Civ. No. 70-16.

310 F.Supp. 951 (1970)

William R. BAIRD, Petitioner, v. Thomas S. EISENSTADT, as he is Sheriff of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Respondent.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

March 20, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Balliro, Boston, Mass., for petitioner.

Robert H. Quinn, Atty. Gen., Lawrence P. Cohen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., for respondent.


OPINION

JULIAN, District Judge.

William R. Baird, who is presently in the custody of the respondent serving a three-month sentence imposed by the Massachusetts courts, filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 claiming that he is in custody in violation of the Constitution of the United States.

The facts are briefly these: The petitioner, pursuant to invitation, addressed a group of approximately 2,000 students...

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