DELLUMS v. POWELL

No. 75-1974.

566 F.2d 167 (1977)

Honorable Ronald V. DELLUMS et al. v. James M. POWELL, Chief, United States Capitol Police, Appellant, Jerry V. Wilson, Chief, Metropolitan Police Department, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1977.

Rehearing Denied November 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis G. Linder, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Robert E. Kopp and David J. Anderson, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the briefs, for appellant.

Warren K. Kaplan, Washington, D. C., with whom Lawrence H. Mirel, Ralph J. Temple, Mary A. McReynolds, and Kenneth V. Handal, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before WRIGHT, TAMM and LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Concurring opinion filed by LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge.

Dissenting opinion filed by TAMM, Circuit Judge.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

On November 11, 1971 this suit was brought in the United States District Court by Congressman Dellums individually and by nine persons seeking to represent a class of all persons arrested on the steps of the United States Capitol on May 5, 1971...

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