Legal Opinion
Fremed v. Johnson
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided April 9, 1970No. Civ. A. No. C-1625PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HILL, Circuit Judge.
The genesis of the controversy presented to this statutory three-judge court is in two Colorado state court suits charging Fremed and Kirkland with viloating the Colorado flag desecration statute.1 Fremed has been tried by a jury and convicted and currently has an appeal pending before the Colorado Supreme Court. Kirkland’s trial was set for September 15, 1969, but he failed to appear and his whereabouts are now unknown. In August, 1969, after Fremed was convicted, both state court defendants,* through their attorneys, instituted this suit in the federal courts, seeking a…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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