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WILKINSON v. U.S.

Civ. A. No. 1:89-CV-0365-JOF.

774 F.Supp. 1360 (1991)

Frank WILKINSON, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent.

United States District Court, N.D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

July 1, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Brian Spears, Ralph S. Goldberg, Atlanta, Ga., Paul L. Hoffman, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Mark Chais, Michael D. Stein, Douglas E. Mirell, Loeb & Loeb, Los Angeles, Cal., for petitioner.

Daniel A. Caldwell, III, Asst. U.S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent.

ORDER

FORRESTER, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on defendant United States of America's motion to dismiss Frank Wilkinson's petition for writ of error coram nobis. Petitioner asks the court to vacate his January 22, 1959 conviction for contempt of Congress.

I. FACTS

In the spring of 1958, the House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities authorized subcommittee hearings to be held in Atlanta, Georgia to investigate...

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