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_ FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63) oy ie, U5 t Celichaa_.- (Mount Clipping in Space Below) ; : “es *f Davy -*, 7 Hi - ; if La ' we 2 - . | ee ne OTT Te: Miss G27: . Le | vote = - ee = D.C Attorney Within Bounds, La. Bar Says” ee . for. ; : i . , : (indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) ao | An attorney for.the Louisiana| But bar association attorney Federal Court here, and not in \Bar Association said today helCicero C. Sessions said the|state courts. ~~ idoes not believe civil rights at-| group took its action solely to : torney Richard B. Sobol violated preserve the constitutionality of - HE WAS PRECEDED to the| ; state law by practicing without) the state law, and said he does stand by local attorney Lolis| |} ___ PAGE 4 a.license. not believe Sobol was in viola-(Elie, a Negro, who testified) § The bar association has inter-| tion of it. lthat a lack of confidence in); vened against Sobol in a federal) most Louisiana lawyers caused) | ‘court suit in which Sobol x A THREE-JUDGE federaljout-of-state counsel to. bel: STATES -ITM NEW ORLEANS, LA. deeking an injunction against) panel is hearing Sobol’s request|brought here to defend civil] ' Plaquemines Parish authorities!for an injunction, and resumedirights workers... oo: whe have- charged : him: with|the hearing this afternoon after| Because of “social pressures”’| breaking the state law concern-| most of the morning was taken! very few white lawyers would practice, ‘ \up -with conferences betweenshelp in such cases. ° judges, attorneys and principals.| gobo] was arrested after a _ Sessions said there is no set{/conference with Judge-Répefie length of time limiting the par-ig, Leon, of the 25th Judicial ticipation of a qualified i not District Court. oe {attorney as fong as he is not | Sobol is a member of the resident of the state. reste LEDC, which has sent many at- yesterday centered around the|torneys into the South since 1964 question of whether Sobol basis, offer free legal defense for {become a Louisiana resident. | rights case defendants. | H he is a resident, he would - ELIE, WHO practices law ‘Ihave to pass the state bar exam) with Collins and Nils Douglas, Jin order to practice law. Butltotg the court they encountered il Sessions said he did not believe|arrassment in various parts of Sobol was a resident at the time! the state during the handling! | ote: of his arrest. _ ——-___—f of 500 to 600 cases in the past ate: 1-23-68 . In a brief session this Morn-jfew years. © Edition: ing, attorney Robert F. Collins; pe said Congressman John, | Author: FINAL was cross examined by Pla-lparick, a former state judge,| | caitor: GEORGE W. HEALY quemines counsel. - ___. idisplayed a Ku Klux Klan flag 5 | Collins testified yesterday,|in his courtroom, made insult- Title: RICHARD B. SOBO dsaying the Lawyers Constitu-|ing remarks about Negroes and eee ‘tional Defense Committee was) poj ide, ‘Say- 4 . apna pointed to a tree outside, ‘say ittterested in getting its attor-ling that a Negro deputy sheriff) | character: neys admitted to practice in|had been lynched there 50 years nn ame CR ago. oF Classification: Wie Submitting Office: s N.9., LA. | Being Investigated No? RECORDED idee 108 167 FEB 5 j ne # kw! — | _—e al, . sa