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ERWIN N. GRISWOLD, 70, a former dean of Harvard Law School (1946-67) currently practicing law in Washington. As U.S. Solicitor General, a post he held from 1967 until 1973, Griswold presented the Government's unsuccessful Supreme Court case against publication of the Pentagon papers. He also argued before the Supreme Court that the Army's surveillance of civilians from 1967 to 1970 was legal, though "inappropriate." But Griswold refused to argue the Nixon Administration's appeal of a court decision requiring court orders before domestic radicals' telephones could be tapped. After that, he was forced...
...week's end, after meeting with Secretary of State Kissinger, President Ford announced the appointment of a blue-ribbon panel "to determine whether the CIA has exceeded its statutory authority." Among the members: Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, former California Governor Ronald Reagan, former U.S. Solicitor General Erwin N. Griswold, retired Army General Lyman L. Lemnitzer and John T. Connor, onetime Secretary of Commerce...
...council postponed action on rezoning a section of Agassiz north of the Law School because the city clerk had not asked for opinions from the city solicitor on the legality of the move...
Under the plan, proposed by former Law School dean and U.S. Solicitor-General Erwin N. Griswold last week at the Cornell Law School, the Supreme Court would continue to rule on about 150 cases of its yearly docket of 4000, but then would select another 150 cases to be reviewed by the new court...
Councilor Thomas W. Danehy called the accusation "smear tactics" and asked that the council adjourn until City Solicitor Edward D. McCarthy can rule on the possibility of a conflict of interest...