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BRIGGS v. GOODWIN

Civ. A. No. 74-803.

384 F.Supp. 1228 (1974)

John BRIGGS et al., Plaintiffs, v. Guy GOODWIN, Individually and as Attorney for the Department of Justice, Division of Internal Security, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

November 20, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Stearns, Doris Peterson, Morton Stavis, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York City, Cameron M. Cummingham, Brady Coleman, Austin, Tex., Jack Levine, Philadelphia, Pa., Philip J. Hirschkop, Alexandria, Va., for plaintiffs.

Benjamin C. Flannagan, Edward S. Christenbury, Henry E. Petersen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

AUBREY E. ROBINSON, Jr., District Judge.

In this civil action, Plaintiffs seek declaratory relief and damages for alleged violations of their constitutional rights which arose from the criminal case of United States v. Briggs, G.C.R. 1353 (the "Gainesville 8" case) in which eight of the Plaintiffs herein were acquitted of conspiracy. The Defendants Guy Goodwin, William H. Stafford, Jr. and Stuart J. Carrouth are attorneys with the Department...

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