UNITED STATES of America
v.
Bernard E. MEYER et al., and Philip J. Hirschkop, Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued June 10, 1971.
Decided January 20, 1972.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mr. David Rein, Washington, D. C., for appellants.
Messrs. Roger M. Adelman and Gregory C. Brady, Asst. U. S. Attys., with whom Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, John A. Terry and Thomas C. Green, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee. Messrs. John F. Evans and Stephen M. Schuster, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., also entered appearances for appellee.
Messrs. Addison M. Bowman and Alan W. Scheflin, Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of Georgetown University Law Center Faculty, et al., as amici curiae.
Messrs. Robert H. Turtle, Ralph J. Temple, Washington, D. C., and Melvin L. Wulf, New York City, filed a brief on behalf of American Civil Liberties Union and American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the National Capital Area, as amici curiae.
Messrs. Albert E. Arent, John Bodner, Jr., Ramsey Clark, John W. Douglas, John H. Pickering, Harry M. Plotkin, Paul A. Porter, Daniel A. Rezneck, Sidney S. Sachs and Robert L. Wald, Washington, D. C., filed a brief as amici curiae.
Before WILBUR K. MILLER, Senior Circuit Judge, and McGOWAN and TAMM, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
McGOWAN, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, a member of the District of Columbia bar, was summarily convicted of criminal contempt1 by a District Court judge acting under Rule 42(a), Fed.R.Crim.P.2 The contempt conviction resulted from a criminal trial in which appellant, as one of a number of counsel appointed by the court, represented defendants charged with burglary in the...
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