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Louisiana Supreme Court then to the United States Su- preme Court where writs were denied. Later the conviction was upset in the federal ¢ after attorney John Dowling brought out issues not raised by ‘Petrovich and Slavich, testi- mony revealed. _ Bronstein asked Petrovich if the were not an official of the parish would he take a case from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to desegregate rest rooms in the parish courthouse. |, 0) “] would have to think about, it,2-be-cnswered. —ie A ‘Asked if he is a close asso- . ciate of Leander H. Perez Sr., Petrovich said, “I think s0, _- George M. Leppert, a New Orleans attorney was the. stand by Cicero C. Ses sions, one of the attorneys rep- resenting the state bar. Lep- pert said that although he now is engaged mainly in brief writ) ing for other attorneys, he has never had any hesitation about: handling cases for Negroes. He also claimed that in his opinion Negroes - have confidence ‘in white “attorneys. - ‘The LSBA’s only other wit- ness of the day was Thomas 0. jaSaalt., executive counsel: for the association.. oe } members at tending the LSBA’s annual con, vention in Biloxi and any such such restriction would be con- " |{trary to association policy. — |: The location of ‘the conven- tion in Biloxi has nothing to do with segregation, he asserted. the|| The witness explained that and|{until-recently New Orleans was the: only city with convention facilities large enough for the meeting and that the associa- jon has experienced difficulty g New Orleans members to participate fully in’ busi- ness meetings when it is held in the city. Collins testified that he knows of no other instance since 1965 when he took the position other than the Sobol case in which an attorney has been charged with unauthorized practice. He also claimed that there o discrimination in the n ission of members. in the