ABEL CASE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R000100160020-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 2002
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: August 1, 2001
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of.Central intelligence
SUBJECT:
should be heard first.
Abel Case
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1. This memorandum is for information only.
Z. You may be interested in James Deaovan's analysis of
the Supreme Court's order for reargumsnt of the Abel appeal.
feels it means that the court is not going to affirm or it would have
done so, but that it did not want to reverse
criticism from the
reasons it, the court was then under severe
American Bar Association and was the subject of several congres-
or another.
sional proposal* to limit its jurisdiction
he
Also, Justice Stewart has not yet been
argument of the appeal appeared to be siding with Justice Brennan
in being critical of the Government. Therefore. a Justice reversal
that time on such a dramatic security case
voting for the reversal might endanger confirmation. Jim also
feels that if the court is going to reverse the Chief Justice wants
time to make every effort to get a unanimous court.
3. The Solicitor General has asked that the Abel case be
put over to November 1939 so that it will not come right on top
of the Tidelands Oil Case. over~-scivwritten il cass`andtthatt hta aacase
case should take precedence
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