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+ a a. Pde ee ~ ~~ “eo April 2, 1968 MEMORANDUM FOR MA. TOLSON MR. BOARD MAN MR. BELMONT MR. ROSEN MR. NBEAS? Yesterday f attended the Attorney General's staff meeting presided over by the Attorney Gemeral. The Attorney General opened the meeting by stating that he was particularly pleased with the decisions handed down by the Supreme Court on Monday of this week. He was referring particularly to the Gilbert Green and Heary Winstoa decision and the Stefeua Brown decision. He stated that he thought that these decisions indicated that there was a healthy trend developing in the Court in that Justice Charlies Whittaker, the most newly-appolsted Justice, had joined with the majority and that Justice Frankfurter had also joined with the majority and he, the Attorney General, believed there was a possibility thai Justice Erennan might eventually break away (rom the minority which holds the more extreme views. Solicitor General Rankin likewise joined im this view of the Attorney General. There was alec some discussion by the Attorney General of the necessity for greater care in the selection of cases to be carried up - an appeal so thet the strongest possible cases could be presented to the - Evupreme Court and not weak ones which would enable such Justices as | Black aad Douglas te make quite om issue of the facta rather than of the law. y -” ee HCT RICORDER Wr f .us —_— __ ? ‘ - +r}