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MATTER OF HILL v. LYMAN

283 A.D. 23 (1953)

In the Matter of Robert P. Hill, Appellant, v. William Lyman, Individually and as President Justice of The Municipal Court of the City of New York, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

December 8, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emanuel Redfield for appellant.

Nathaniel L. Goldstein, Attorney-General (Irving L. Rollins of counsel; Wendell P. Brown with him on the brief), for respondent.

William G. Mulligan, Mandeville Mullally, Jr., Francis Bourne Upham, III, and John A. Wiener for Association of the Bar of the City of New York, amicus curiæ.

COHN, J. P., BREITEL, BASTOW and BOTEIN, JJ., concur.

BERGAN, J.

Having served as a juror in the Municipal Court, the petitioner wrote a letter published in the New York Times describing his experiences and impressions. The letter was critical of the court, its physical facilities and of some of its justices.

The letter was published June 30, 1953. Three days later the petitioner was served with a subpœna issued by the President Justice of the...

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