Legal Opinion
Whittlesey v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 5, 1966No. 3798PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Chief Judge.
On March 11, 1965, appellants entered the White House through the “tourist line” during the regular visiting hours between 10:00 a. m. and 12:00 noon. At 11:15 Major Stover, the Commanding Officer of the White House Police, found twelve people, including appellants, seated in the hallway in front of the library in such fashion as to block off the tourists from the ground floor corridor. He told the group to moye but their spokesman replied that they would “stay right there until the President did something about the situation in the South.” They were told that if they did…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Shuttlesworth v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. SharpnackSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Little v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1934
- Burt v. City of Palm SpringsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Frederick Jackson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Alfred Dallago v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Roy L. Thomas, Jr.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- Bardoff v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- Leiss v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- United States v. Walter B. SpearsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
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