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Don and Teri Adams Background: Letter of Trey Mayfield to 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
Don Adams | 9/24/2006 | Earl N. "Trey" Mayfield, III, Esq.

Posted on 10/16/2006 7:01:31 PM PDT by Physicist

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To: TAdams8591

Bump.


41 posted on 10/18/2006 4:58:10 PM PDT by spunkets
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To: spunkets

BTTT


42 posted on 10/18/2006 5:21:29 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission (Devoid of dignity, or honor, or virtue, they turned themselves into trousered apes.)
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To: Howlin; Physicist

Screwed royally indeed! I hate Philly for that very reason. Fast Eddy should be run out on a rail. And take all those mob/labor bosses with him!


43 posted on 10/18/2006 9:41:21 PM PDT by Humidston (Houston - Don't feed jihad...DON'T SHOP ON HARWIN.)
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To: proud2beconservativeinNJ; Physicist; All
From the Philadelphia Inquirer today:

Panel weighs reviving lawsuit against Rendell

By Joseph A. Slobodzian

Inquirer Staff Writer

Gov. Rendell has not been Mayor Rendell since 1999, and legendary Teamsters boss John "Johnny" Morris has been dead four years.

But yesterday the content of two conversations between the men eight years ago continued to fuel a civil-rights lawsuit filed by Cheltenham siblings who contend that their free-speech rights were violated when they were beaten by Teamsters for heckling President Bill Clinton at an Oct. 2, 1998, appearance in Center City.

At issue before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit yesterday was whether a federal judge properly dismissed the suit by Don and Teri Adams.

Don Adams, 46, and sister Teri, 47, contend that members of Teamsters Local 115 ended their anti-Clinton demonstration with a beating because Rendell had earlier called Morris, asked for a union presence at Clinton's appearance, and said the Teamsters should "drown out" anti-Clinton protesters.

"How are we supposed to decide what drown out means?" asked Judge Louis F. Oberdorfer, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

"It's not for anybody in this room to decide what drown out means," replied the Adamses' attorney, Earl N. Mayfield 3d.

Mayfield argued that question should have been left to a jury to decide, not to U.S. District Judge William H. Yohn Jr., who dismissed the Adamses' lawsuit in August 2003.

Jane E. Istvan, a deputy city solicitor representing Rendell and the Teamsters union in the appeal, argued that Yohn made the right decision because the Adamses had not found any corroborating evidence to show the phrase drown out was a tacit agreement between Rendell and Morris to use force to silence anti-Clinton protesters.

Istvan added that, in that same telephone call, Rendell also told Morris he wanted the crowd greeting Clinton to be "extremely peaceful and extremely positive."

The judges held the case for further review and gave no indication when they might rule.

All three judges were specially named to hear the appeal after Mayfield asked the Third Circuit's own judges to recuse themselves because Rendell's wife, Marjorie O. Rendell, is a Third Circuit judge appointed by Clinton in 1997.

Clinton, then embroiled in the scandal involving his sexual contacts with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, was to be in Philadelphia on Oct. 2, 1998, for a Democratic fund-raiser hosted by Rendell at City Hall.

According to court documents, Rendell wanted to buoy the president's spirits and called 15 to 20 groups urging them to line Clinton's motorcade route with a strong show of support.

Among those Rendell called was Morris, then 72, the fiery, strong-willed secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 115.

At Clinton's visit, Local 115 members wearing "Teamsters for Clinton" T-shirts were on hand at City Hall, as were the Adamses and sign-carrying anti-Clinton protesters who chanted "Impeach Clinton now."

At one point, according to court documents, Don Adams and Morris exchanged words. Morris then put his own hat on Adams' head, and several Teamsters rushed forward and began beating him.

Teri Adams, a probation officer, jumped in to try to protect her brother. Both were injured, Don Adams more seriously, with a concussion and broken ribs.

Later that day, court records say, Rendell called Morris again to "console" the union leader and assure him "nothing is going to happen to these guys," referring to Teamsters videotaped attacking the Adamses.

Mayfield argued that Rendell knew of Local 115's history of violent confrontations, and that "drown them out" was code for using force.

Mayfield said Rendell's second call to Morris was further proof, because the mayor was guaranteeing Morris his members would not be prosecuted.

Istvan, however, told the judges that the second conversation was "one of consolation, not concealment," and that it would be improper to infer a conspiracy by the men to violate the Adamses' free-speech rights.

In any event, Istvan noted, five Local 115 members were charged with the assault, pleaded guilty in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court, and were sentenced to probation.

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Contact staff writer Joseph A. Slobodzian at 215-854-2985 or jslobodzian@phillynews.com.

Two point: We were protesting not "heckling" President Bill Clinton.

And I didn't "jump in." Crawled to Don , after being knocked down by the Teamsters who surrounded us, would make the statement correct.

44 posted on 10/19/2006 6:13:41 AM PDT by TAdams8591
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To: TAdams8591

Thanks for pointing out Joseph A. Slobodzian's mistakes (bias?).

Definitions are the guardians of reason and logic.


45 posted on 10/24/2006 7:32:19 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: Physicist

Interesting! I thought Maxwell Smart and 99 were only married on the program


46 posted on 10/24/2006 6:44:04 PM PDT by MaineVoter2002 (If you dont vote on election day, then who are you electing?)
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To: Physicist
Good morning. A drive by bump.

5.56mm

47 posted on 10/28/2006 5:45:24 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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