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IN RE CURTIS' PETITION

Nos. 64 C 52(3), 64 C 54(3).

240 F.Supp. 475 (1965)

Petition of Robert B. CURTIS, William L. Clay, Lucien Richards, Rev. Charles Perkins and Norman Seay for a writ of habeas corpus. Petition of Michela GRAND, Daniel Pollock and James Peake, Jr., for a writ of habeas corpus.

United States District Court E. D. Missouri, E. D.

March 31, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Wilson, Jr., Robert L. Witherspoon, Wyvetter H. Younge, Jos. S. McDuffie, Clyde S. Cahill, Jr., Charles R. Oldham, Emanuel Williams, Margaret B. Wilson, Robert Ratermann, St. Louis, Mo., for petitioners.

Eugene P. Freeman, Associate City Counselor, and Conway B. Briscoe, Jr., Asst. City Counselor, St. Louis, Mo., for respondent.

REGAN, District Judge.

These matters are before the Court following the remand of these actions by the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. These petitions for writs of habeas corpus arise out of contempt proceedings in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Missouri. Each of the petitioners was found guilty of criminal contempt for violating an injunction issued by that Court.

The dispute which is the background of the injunction began when petitioner...

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