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GROPPI v. WISCONSIN

No. 26.

400 U.S. 505 (1971)

91 S.Ct. 490

27 L.Ed.2d 571

GROPPI v. WISCONSIN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 25, 1971

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth B. Dubois argued the cause for appellant. With her on the briefs were Jack Greenberg, Michael Meltsner, Anthony G. Amsterdam, Thomas M. Jacobson, and Robert E. Sutton.

Sverre O. Tinglum, Assistant Attorney General of Wisconsin, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Robert W. Warren, Attorney General, and Roy G. Mita, Assistant Attorney General.

MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

On August 31, 1967, during a period of civil disturbances in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the appellant, a Roman Catholic priest, was arrested in that city on a charge of resisting arrest. Under Wisconsin law that offense is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment in the country jail for not more than one year, or both.1<...

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