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The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a lower court ruling that Connick honor a subpoena from the Assassination Records Review Board. The Board has sought tapes and documents from the investigation by Jim Garrison, Connick's predecessor as New Orleans D.A.
The dispute began when a New Orleans reporter obtained grand jury transcripts from the investigation and turned them over to the Board, which has been releasing documents related to the assassination. Connick tried unsucessfully for their return, and then refused to hand over additional records.
An attorney for Connick said he will appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OCTOBER 6, 1997
CONTACT: EILEEN SULLIVAN
(202) 724-0088, EXT. 253
The Assassination Records Review Board today announced the departure of its Executive Director, Dr. David G. Marwell, and appointed a new Executive Director, Dr. T. Jeremy Gunn.
"David Marwell has done an extraordinary job in starting a new agency with an unprecedented mandate, and we will miss him," said Judge John R. Tunheim, Chair of the Review Board. "We are fortunate to have Jeremy Gunn, who has played a key role with the Board as General Counsel and an Associate Director, to step into the Executive Director position during our last year that will culminate in the submission of our final report to the President and the Congress."
Marwell, who has served as the Review Board's Executive Director since August 1994, will be the Director of Collections at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Prior to working at the Review Board, Marwell served as the Director of the Berlin Document Center. He is the former Chief of Investigative Research in the Office of Special Investigations at the Department of Justice. He holds a Ph.D. in History from the State University of New York at Binghamton and a B.A. in English from Brandeis University.
The Review Board has appointed Gunn as its new Executive Director. He has served as the Review Board's Associate Director for Research and Analysis since November 1994, in addition to serving as General Counsel since January 1996. Gunn was an attorney for the Washington law firm of Covington & Burling from 1988 until he joined the Review Board staff. He is a graduate of Boston University Law School and received a Ph.D. from Harvard University.
The Assassination Records Review Board was established by the JFK Act, which was signed into law by President George Bush. The five members of the Board were appointed by President Clinton, confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and sworn in on April 11, 1994. The law gives the Review Board the mandate and the authority to identify, secure, and make available all records related to the assassination of President Kennedy. It is the responsibility of the Board to determine which records are to be made public immediately and which ones will have postponed release dates.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SEPTEMBER 18, 1997
CONTACT: EILEEN SULLIVAN
(202) 724-0088, EXT. 253
The Assassination Records Review Board, the independent federal agency overseeing the identification and release of records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, announced today that it has released the original personal papers of the late Clay Shaw, the New Orleans businessman charged with conspiracy to murder President Kennedy. Shaw was acquitted after a jury trial in 1969.
Shaw, who died in 1974, was charged as part of the Kennedy assassination investigation conducted by the late New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison. The papers were kept by one of Shaws friends until earlier this year when he donated the materials to the Review Board. The collection includes Shaws diary that chonicled his life after being arrested for conspiring to kill the President, records from his criminal case, correspondence, business records, his passports, personal records and photographs.
The New Orleans chapter of the Kennedy assassination story and the whole Garrison investigation is still debated and surrounded by controversy, said Dr. Kermit Hall, a member of the Review Board. The acquisition of the Clay Shaw papers means that historians and the public will now have the benefit of the personal perspective of the only man ever tried in connection with the assassination of President Kennedy.
The Shaw papers have been transferred to the National Archives and Records Administration for inclusion in the JFK Collection, which is housed at the National Archives facility in College Park, Maryland.
Copies of excerpts from Shaws diary are available from the Assassination Records Review Board, 600 E Street, NW, Second Floor, Washington, DC 20530; telephone number: (202) 724-0088.
The Assassination Records Review Board was established by the JFK Act, which was signed into law by President George Bush. The five members of the Board were appointed by President Clinton, confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and sworn in on April 11, 1994. The law gives the Review Board the mandate and the authority to identify, secure, and make available all records related to the assassination of President Kennedy. It is the responsibility of the Board to determine which records are to be made public immediately and which ones will have postponed release dates.
The Review Board consists of the following members:
Honorable John R. Tunheim, Chair; U.S. District Court Judge, District of Minnesota.
Dr. Henry F. Graff; Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University.
Dr. Kermit L. Hall; Dean, College of Humanities, and Professor of History at The Ohio State University.
Dr. William L. Joyce; Associate University Librarian for Rare Books and Special Collections at Princeton University.
Dr. Anna K. Nelson; Distinguished Adjunct Historian in Residence at The American University.
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