William H. APTON et al., Appellants,
v.
Jerry V. WILSON (Chief of Police) et al.
Roger S. KUHN et al., Appellants,
v.
Jerry V. WILSON, Individually and as Chief of Police, Metropolitan Police Department, et al.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued January 30, 1974.
Decided August 16, 1974.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John Silard, Washington, D. C., with whom Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., and Elliott C. Lichtman, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants.
Barbara L. Herwig, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Irving Jaffe, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and Kathryn H. Baldwin, Atty., Dept. of Justice, were on the brief for federal appellees.
David P. Sutton, Assistant Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., for the District of Columbia with whom C. Francis Murphy, Corp. Counsel, and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for District of Columbia appellees.
Before LEVENTHAL, MacKINNON and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:
These cases arise from law enforcement activities during the "May Day Demonstrations" of May, 1971, described in Sullivan v. Murphy.1 That was a class action in which plaintiffs complaining of arrest, detention, fingerprinting, booking, and prosecution without probable cause sought expungement of police records. This court held that a class action was appropriate in light of the extraordinary circumstances of...
Let's get started
Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting Sign on now to see your case. Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.
Updated daily.
Uncompromising quality.
Complete, Accurate, Current.
Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full
text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.
Cited Cases
No Cases Found
Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the
full text of the citing case.
