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SAFFRON v. WILSON

Civ. A. No. 74-0079.

481 F.Supp. 228 (1979)

Edward SAFFRON, Plaintiff, v. Jerry V. WILSON et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

August 14, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph J. Temple, Warren Kaplan, Paul Zevnik, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Royce Lamberth, R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U. S. Attys., John J. Buckley, Jr., Terrence O'Donnell, Leonard Bren, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., Myles Ambrose, James G. Ryan, Leslie Nicholson, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

OBERDORFER, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

This case arose from the removal from sidewalks adjacent to the White House and the subsequent arrest in Lafayette Park on Inaugural Day 1973 of Edward Saffron, who was there as a pedestrian peacefully carrying a sign bearing a political-religious message similar to one he had carried in front of the White House on an almost daily basis over the previous four years. Plaintiff seeks damages against...

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