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NICHOLS v. VANCE

Civ. A. No. 68-H-162.

293 F.Supp. 680 (1968)

Floyd NICHOLS, Plaintiff, v. Carol S. VANCE, Individually and as District Attorney in and for Harris County, Texas, Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

November 25, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin E. Smith, New Orleans, La., William M. Kunstler and Arthur Kinoy, New York City, Morton Stavis, Newark, N. J., and Bobby H. Caldwell, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff.

Joe S. Moss, Asst. Dist. Atty., Harris County, Tex., for defendant.

Before THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge, and HANNAY and NOEL, District Judges.

NOEL, District Judge.

In May 1967 one policeman was killed and two others were injured during the period of certain occurrences on the campus of Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas, collectively categorized in the defendant's briefs as a riot. Thereafter, plaintiff was indicted by the Harris County Grand Jury and charged with murder and two counts of assault with intent to murder. This action was brought, on March 1, 1968, against the Harris County District...

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