WASKOW v. ASSOCIATED PRESS

No. 71-1109.

462 F.2d 1173 (1972)

Arthur I. WASKOW, Appellant, v. ASSOCIATED PRESS and The Evening Star Newspaper Company.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 28, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Monroe H. Freedman, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for appellant.

Messrs. William R. Glendon and Anthony F. Essaye, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee Associated Press.

Messrs. Francis L. Casey, Jr., and Curtis E. von Kann, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee The Evening Star Newspaper Co.

Before McGOWAN, LEVENTHAL and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

After joining with Benjamin Spock, William Sloane Coffin, and Mitchell Goodman in an antiwar demonstration at the Department of Justice in 1967, appellant was reclassified 1-A by his Baltimore draft board. On September, 12, 1969, he appeared before that board, stated his belief that his reclassification was punishment for his participation in the demonstration, and urged the board members to resign. On the next morning, September 13, the Baltimore Sun...

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