The Gelfand Case: A Legal History of the Exposure of US Government Agents in the Leadership of the Socialist Workers Party Vol. 2

By Alan Gelfand

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Contains all the key briefs, courtroom transcripts and exhibits of this extraordinary lawsuit brought by Alan Gelfand against the US government and its agents, who violated basic democratic rights through their infiltration of the American Socialist Workers Party leadership.

a public defender in Los Angeles, was expelled from the Socialist Workers Party in 1979 after raising questions about the connections between SWP leader Joseph Hansen and US and Soviet intelligence agencies. He later filed a lawsuit demanding the federal government remove its agents from the SWP and name all current and past informers.

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Author	Alan Gelfand
Publisher	Labor Publications
Publication Date	1985
Pages	420
Publication Type	Paperback
ISBN	978-0-929087-03-0

Chapter	Page
Chapter 5: Preparations for Trial
Introduction	*315*
Document 1: Gelfand's Brief to Re-open Discovery September 20, 1982	*321*
Document 2: Gelfand's Pretrial Memorandum January 10, 1983	*339*
Document 3: Joint Pretrial Conference Order January 24, 1983	*350*
Document 4: Pretrial Conference January 31, 1983	*358*
Document 5: Gelfand's Trial Brief February 2, 1983	*365*
Chapter 6: Zborowski and Franklin
Document 1: Deposition of Mark Zborowski April 1, 1982	*421*
Document 2: Gelfand's Opening Brief in Support of Motion to Compel Zborowski to Testify November 30, 1982	*445*
Document 3: Zborowski's Memorandum December 9, 1982	*457*
Document 4: Zborowski's Lawyer's Affidavit December 9, 1982	*460*
Document 5: Hearing on Motion to Compel Zborowsky to Testify January 4, 1983	*473*
Document 6: Gelfand's Final Brief in Support of Motion to Compel Zborowski to Testify January 31, 1983	*473*
Document 7: Gelfand's Lawyer's Affidavit in Support of Release of Franklin Grand Jury Transcripts December 27, 1982	*477*
Document 8: Gelfand's Brief in Support of Release of Franklin Grand Jury Transcripts December 29, 1982	*485*
Document 9: SWP's Opposition to Release of Franklin Grand Jury Transcripts January 18, 1983	*496*
Document 10: Hearing on Release of Franklin Grand Jury Transcripts January 19, 1983	*505*
Document 11: Sylvia Franklin's October 7, 1954 Grand Jury Testimony	*526*
Document 12: Sylvia Franklin's June 18, 1958 Grand Jury Testimony	*547*
Chapter 7: The Trial and Findings
Introduction	*567*
Document 1: Testimony of Larry Seigle March 4 & 8, 1983	*573*
Document 2: Testimony of Jack Barnes March 9, 1983	*606*
Document 3: Testimony of Jean Brust March 9, 1983	*642*
Document 4: Letter from V.T. O'Brien to Joseph Hansen June 8, 1976	*651*
Document 5: Post-Trial Conference March 21, 1983	*655*
Chapter 8: The SWP's Motion for Attorneys' Fees
Introduction	*667*
Document 1: Gelfand's Brief in Opposition to SWP's Motion for Fees September 30, 1983	*671*
Document 2: Hearing on SWP Fee Motion October 24, 1983	*723*
Index Vol II	*729*

p>Alan Gelfand, a public defender in Los Angeles, was expelled from the Socialist Workers Party in 1979 after raising questions about the connections between SWP leader Joseph Hansen and US and Soviet intelligence agencies. He later filed a lawsuit demanding the federal government remove its agents from the SWP and name all current and past informers. Key documents relating to the lawsuit are contained in the two volume set The Gelfand Case: A Legal History of the Exposure of US Government Agents in the Leadership of the Socialist Workers Party, available through Mehring Books.

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