POLS 3647 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Maryland Court Of Appeals
23 Sep 2018
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At the time, thurgood marshall was the only lawyer representing the naacp. The theatrics (banging on the table) and large crowded courtroom with people even standing in the back of the room. Addressed as boy outside of the courtroom by crowd of white man at the train station. Mr. friedman was hesitant to get involved in the case because he works in insurance law, but he was forced to admit marshall. Since the judge would not allow marshall to speak in court, Mentions charles h houston becoming the dean of howard law and teaching him how to sue the university of maryland for denying him admission in the maryland supreme court. Defendant (joseph spell) referred to as boy by the police. Ted got a law degree from fordham but could not get a license to practice in ct, so he worked as a driver instead. Laughter in the courtroom contributes to the entertainment aspects for the locals.
