Alan McSurely v. John L. McClellan Thomas Ratliff, Individually and as Sometime Commonwealth Attorney for Pike County, Kentucky

U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit · Decided 1982-12-10

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Opinion PER CURIAM. PER CURIAM: In August 1967, Kentucky officials, executing warrants issued under a state sedition statute, arrested the McSurelys (appellees) and seized books, papers, and other personal possessions from their home. Shortly thereafter, a federal court declared the state statute unconstitutional, enjoined prosecution, and ordered the appel…

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