RANDOLPH v. WHEELER

No. 63-815.

223 F.Supp. 260 (1963)

Robert E. RANDOLPH, John Allen Johnson, Frances E. Johnson, George Waegell, Plaintiffs, v. William WHEELER, Alfred M. Nittle, Francis J. McNamara, Edwin W. Willis, August E. Johansen, William M. Tuck, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. California, C. D.

October 22, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. L. Wirin, Fred Okrand, Phillip Chronis, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Francis C. Whelan, U. S. Atty., Donald A. Fareed, James R. Dooley, Asst. U. S. Attys., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants.


CURTIS, District Judge.

Plaintiffs sue for damages alleging that the defendants, all of whom are members of the Un-American Activities Committee, have caused the plaintiffs' names and the fact that they had been subpoenaed to appear before the Un-American Activities Committee to be published in the press, prior to their appearance. Rule XVI of the Committee prohibits the release of such information before the witness appears. Defendants move to dismiss on several...

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