LAWTON v. TARR

Civ. No. 878.

327 F.Supp. 670 (1971)

Fred LAWTON, Petitioner, v. Curtis W. TARR, et al., Respondents.

United States District Court, E. D. North Carolina, New Bern Division.

May 7, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Loflin, III, Durham, N. C., and Professor Barry Nakell, Chapel Hill, N. C., for petitioner.

Richard J. Bryan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Raleigh, N. C., for respondents.


ORDER AND MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

CRAVEN, Circuit Judge.

I confess that I am embarrassed that the United States Attorney has filed a motion asking that I disqualify myself from hearing and deciding the merits of the above-captioned proceeding. If my oath of office includes a vow of silence on matters of public controversy, then I have simply brought it upon myself. But I believe that a federal judge is privileged to address his local Bar Association in observance...

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