Legal Opinion
Lois Lange v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 16, 1971No. 22699PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:
On June 28, 1968, a group of persons, all members of the Society of Friends and hereafter referred to as a Quaker group, came to Washington, D. C., to manifest their support of the Poor People’s Campaign, then in progress in the nation’s capital. Their activities led to the arrest of appellant, a member of the group, and in due course to her conviction for violation of the District of Columbia unlawful assembly statute, 22 D.C.Code § 1107 (1967). We overrule her contention that the Court of General Sessions lacked jurisdiction to try the case. We find that substantial…
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