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JORDAN v. HUTCHESON

Civ. A. No. 3688.

208 F.Supp. 131 (1962)

Joseph A. JORDAN, Jr., E. A. Dawley, Jr., L. W. Holt, Plaintiffs, v. Joseph C. HUTCHESON, Chairman, Virginia's Legislative Committee on Offenses against the Administration of Justice, William H. King, Honorable Charles Leavitt, City Sergeant, Committee on Offenses against the Administration of Justice, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

August 27, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jordan, Dawley & Holt, Norfolk, Va., for plaintiffs.

William H. King, Richmond, Va., Fred T. Gray and Robert McIlwane, Asst. Attys. Gen. of Virginia, Richmond, Va., and Charles R. Cloud, Norfolk, Va., for defendants.

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.

This action is instituted by three Negro attorneys, members of the Virginia State Bar, seeking a declaratory judgment, damages and preliminary and permanent injunctions against the defendants, most of whom are members of a Virginia legislative committee created by an Act of the General Assembly (Chap. 373, Acts of Assembly 1958). Plaintiffs pray that this court restrain the defendants from "further harassment, intimidation and other...

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