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Memorandum to The Directror Re: ISERIA HAMPTON, #t al.; Vv. CITY OF CHICAGO, 2|t al. : Judge Pell, in his dissent, initially levels criti-~ cism at Judge Swygert's opinion by stating that: Thus it would seem that if the 37,009 pages (of evidence) reasonably exhibited a basis ' for different conclusions, the resulting decisional opinion, unless it were designed te serve some other purpose than its primary. »° one of disposing of the case, conld be of fairly short length. Judge Psll acknewledges that there are two sets of appellants, the Hampton appellants and Se] ______ arent tents. ® Ramoton anpellants include four persons, three of whom were in the apartment, and one Gied and two were wounded. These appellants se#k damages, and their prime thrust is toward the most vulnerable portion of the lower court deci- Sion, the directed verdict as to the defendant raicers who engaged in shooting in the apartnent. : The remaining five apreilants, rf —S—sid appear according to Judge Pell, are noc so much interested in damage Dut are: : oO ts, = fervently bent on attempting to demonstrats the existence of a widespread and sinister conspiracy among top law snforcement officials, state and FeGeral, serving in the Chicago arsa in 1969, to kill Frsd Hampton and other func- tionaries of the BPP. ‘As examples of this “intemperance,” Judge Pell quotes exten- Sively from the[ sd appellants’ brief, including: ex- cerpts from the 75 or more pages devoted to denigrating the “district court judge.. {CONTINUED OVER) b6 b7C