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90 Nos. 77-1698, 77-1210 & 77-1370 tinguished from the [earlier] directed verdict regarding the Federal and certain State defendants.” While the reply brief of the Hampton plaintiffs does advance some argument as to the conspiracy and liability vis-a-vis the federal defendants, it appears abundantly clear to me that the prime thrust of the Hampton plaintiffs both in briefing and oral argument is toward the most vulnerable underside of this litigation, the directed ver- dict as to the defendant raiders who engaged in shooting in the apartment. This appears to me to be a realistic evaluation of this civil damage case and one best design- ed to achieve the purpose of the case, that of expeditious- ly collecting damages from claimed wrongdoers without undertaking once again the agonizingly extended trial of extraneous political issues. I can only assume that the Hampton plaintiffs’ attorney is pursuing that which his - clients most desire, compensation for the wrong which they feel they suffered. The remaining five plaintiffs, designated for con- venience as the Anderson plaintiffs, includes the Admin- istratrix of the Estate of Mark Clark and two more of those who were wounded. While all of these people no doubt will not spurn -any recovery that might be made ' in their behalf, I come away from an examination of this case with the distinct sensation that the Anderson plaintiffs’ lawyers, although equally willing for and desirous of a substantial money recovery, are fervently bent on attempting to demonstrate the existence of a widespread and sinister conspiracy among top law enforcement officials, state and federal, serving in the Chicago area in 1969, to kill Fred Hampton and other functionaries of the Black Panther Party. Their wide- ranging and vociferous charges indicate that the con- spiracy was racially motivated to put down and destroy people associated with a political movement. But, the tenor and scope of their assertions is best illustrated by these quotations from their brief’s Introduction and Statement of the Case: In response to this challenge to white supremacy, the F.B.I. mobilized to Stop this political movement. They implemented and _ refined illegal, un- constitutional counterintelligence tactics designed to neutralize and destroy these organizations with 3