Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Staats v. American Civil Liberties Union, Inc.

418 U.S. 910

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1974-07-09
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • counsel’s charge during trial that “This Court obviously doesn’t want to apply the law” created imminent threat to court’s authority by alleging judicial dishonesty

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Appeal from D. C. D. C. [Probable jurisdiction noted, 417 U. S. 944.] Application for stay of order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia pending final disposition of this case, presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court, granted.