United States v. Spock: A Retrospective Look

Thursday, November 8, 2007
12:15 p.m.
Boston Bar Association
16 Beacon Street

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Sponsored by the Senior Lawyers Section

John Wall, of the Law Office of John Wall and counsel for the United States government, and Edward Barshak, Partner at Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen, P.C. and counsel for Mitchell Goodman, will provide a retrospective of the historic United States v. Spock, et al. case.

Forty-nine years ago the United States indicted Benjamin Spock, Michael Ferber, Mitchell Goodman and William Sloan Coffin, alleging a conspiracy to counsel, aid and abet registrants to resist the draft. After getting convictions against every defendant except one, the First Circuit ruled that the evidence was insufficient with respect to two defendants and remanded the case with respect to two others.

The Senior Lawyers Section is Chaired by Richard Neumeier and Frederick S. Paulsen.

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