JUDGE TAKES SEAT
STRONG OPPOSITION ADVERSE MOTIONS HEARD UNITED STATES COURT SCENE (Received October 5, 5.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 Mr. Justice Black, whose recent appointment to the Supreme Court Bench caused a storm of protest, owing to his former membership of the Ku Klux Klan, to-day took his seat in Court for the first time. There were no formalities. The judge listened inscrutably to the presentation of a motion by Mr. Albert Levitt, formerly assistant AttorneyGeneral, who sought permission to file a suit for the purpose of unseating
him, on the grounds of a legal technicality, and also to a motion by a Boston attorney, Mr. Patrick Kelly, asking for the appointment of a commission to investigate the legality of his appointment. The Court, acting, under advice, decided to hear the motions, but it is believed that both will be denied without explanation. Crowds of spectators packed the Court and overflowed the corridors to the rain-swept street. Strong precautions which had been taken prevented the anticipated demonstrations.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22852, 6 October 1937, Page 13
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