John N. Mitchell v. Honorable John J. Sirica, Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia

(dissenting) :

This criminal case has been called one of the most important cases in American judicial history. At this time1 it involves an indictment against a former Attorney General of the United States, a former Assistant Attorney General, four former presidential advisers and one lawyer for alleged unlawful conspiracy arising out of the so-called Watergate affair. Other offenses charged against some but not all defendants include obstruction of justice, perjury, false declarations and false statements to agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Four of the defendants (hereinafter…