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LEFCOURT v. LEGAL AID SOCIETY

No. 68 Civ. 2768.

312 F.Supp. 1105 (1970)

Gerald B. LEFCOURT, suing on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. The LEGAL AID SOCIETY, Edward O. Carr, Jr., Anthony F. Marra, Milton Adler, Edward Everett Watts, Jr., and Robert P. Patterson, Jr., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

May 11, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lubell & Lubell, New York City, David G. Lubell and Stephen L. Fine, New York City, of counsel, for plaintiff.

William L. Lynch, New York City, Henry P. Wasserstein, New York City, of counsel, for defendants.

LASKER, District Judge.

This action, brought by an attorney who claims wrongful discharge by his employer, illustrates the agonizing difficulties faced by those responsible for defending accused persons in the appallingly overcrowded metropolitan courts of the country.

Gerald Lefcourt graduated from law school in 1967. While at law school his strong interest in defending indigent persons accused of crime was evidenced in a number of ways. He assisted in the...

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