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HOBSON v. BRENNAN

Civ. A. No. 76-1326.

637 F.Supp. 173 (1986)

Tina HOBSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Charles D. BRENNAN, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

June 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne Pilsbury, Washington, D.C., Armand Derfner, Charleston, S.C., for plaintiffs.

David H. White, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., J. Frederick Sinclair, Alexandria, Va., Brian P. Gettings, R. Scott Caulkins, Cohen, Gettings, Alper & Dunham, Arlington, Va., William W. Greenhalgh, Patricia L. Maher, Earl J. Silbert, Schwalb, Donnenfeld, Bray & Silbert, A. Raymond Randolph, Christopher L. Varner, Randolph & Fruitt, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

OBERDORFER, District Judge.

In 1976, plaintiffs filed this suit alleging that in the late 1960's and early 1970's the defendants had violated the plaintiffs' First Amendment rights in carrying out the F.B.I. COINTELPRO program. The case was tried to a jury over 17 days in 1981; plaintiffs prevailed. Hobson v. Wilson, 556 F.Supp. 1157 (D.D.C.1982). In 1984, the Court of Appeals filed a 66 page opinion...

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