KINNEY v. LENON

No. 25522.

425 F.2d 209 (1970)

Paul David KINNEY, a minor child, by and through his natural parents and next friends, William Kinney and Pauline Kinney, and all other persons similarly situated, Appellants, v. Harlow F. LENON, in his capacity as Judge of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for the County of Multnomah, and All Persons similarly situated holding office as Judges of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for the County of Multnomah, and Albert B. Green in his capacity as Director of the Department of Judicial Administration of Multnomah County, Oregon, and in his capacity as Acting Director of the Juvenile Detention Home for the County of Multnomah, State of Oregon, and Richard Knapp, in his capacity as a Referee of Juvenile Court for the County of Multnomah, State of Oregon, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

April 21, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Clough, Portland, Or., for appellants.

Elizabeth Preston, Deputy Dist. Atty., George A. Van Hoomisslen, Dist. Atty., Multnomah County, Portland, Or., for appellees.

Before WRIGHT and TRASK, Circuit Judges.


EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Appellant is a minor child of seventeen years now detained in the Juvenile Detention Home in Multnomah County, Oregon, pending trial in Juvenile Court on charges arising out of a schoolyard fight.

Appellant alleges that there were many potential witnesses to the fight, that he cannot identify them by name but would recognize them by sight, that appellant's attorneys are white though...

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