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BERRIGAN v. NORTON

Civ. A. No. 14112.

322 F.Supp. 46 (1971)

Daniel BERRIGAN and Philip Berrigan, for themselves and as representatives of the class of all prisoners presently incarcerated in institutions maintained and operated by the Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice of the United States Government, Plaintiffs, v. J. J. NORTON, Warden, Danbury Federal Correctional Institution, of the United States Bureau of Prisons, Norman Carlson, Director, United States Bureau of Prisons, John Mitchell, Attorney General of the United States, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

January 22, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marjorie Gelb, Hartford, Conn., William C. Cunningham, S. J., William J. Bender, Center for Constitutional Rights, David Lubell, Lubell, Lubell, Fine & Schaap, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Stewart H. Jones, U. S. Atty., Barry J. Cutler, Richard L. Winter, Asst. U. S. Attys., Hartford, Conn., for defendants.

RULING ON PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

CLARIE, District Judge.

The petitioners, Daniel and Philip Berrigan, are serving sentences at the Federal Correctional Institution, in Danbury, Connecticut. Both have been convicted of separate federal crimes involving the mutilation of Government records, the destruction of Government property and interference with the administration of the Selective Service System, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1361, 2071...

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