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GROPPI v. LESLIE

No. 18538.

436 F.2d 326 (1970)

James E. GROPPI, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Jack LESLIE, Sheriff of Dane County, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

October 28, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Warren, Atty. Gen., David J. Hanson, Sverre O. Tinglum, Asst. Attys. Gen., Madison, Wis., for appellant.

William M. Coffey, Michael J. Zimmer, Milwaukee, Wis., Percy L. Julian, Jr., Madison, Wis., for appellee; Steven H. Steinglass, Patricia D. McMahon, Freedom Through Equality, Inc., Milwaukee, Wis., of counsel.

Before HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge, CUMMINGS and PELL, Circuit Judges.

PELL, Circuit Judge.

On October 1, 1969, the Assembly, one of two houses of the Wisconsin state legislature, adopted the following resolution:

"Citing James E. Groppi for contempt of the Assembly and directing his commitment to the Dane county jail. "In that James E. Groppi led a gathering of people on September 29, 1969, which by its presence on the floor of the Assembly during a meeting of the 1969 regular session of the Wisconsin Legislature...

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