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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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In a Philadelphia courtroom, a heated hearing between AME bishops David H. Sims and Sherman L. Greene led to a scuffle between lawyers, with one pushed over a table. Nearly 300 spectators nearly joined, prompting Federal Judge George A. Welsh to call deputy marshals and others to restore order. Sims seeks injunction against Greene taking charge of the first episcopal district after a Little Rock conference on Nov. 21 unfrocked him.
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When several among nearly 300 spectators who filled the courtroom made as if to join in the melee, Federal Judge George A. Welsh, sent for five deputy marshals, several court clerks and agents of other government departments to restore order.
The commotion took place at the hearing in litigation between Bishop David H. Sims and Bishop Sherman L. Greene. Bishop Sims is attempting to secure an injunction to prevent Bishop Green from taking charge of the first episcopal district of the AME church on the grounds that the special conference of the church in Little Rock on Nov. 21, that unfrocked
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Philadelphia Courtroom
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Friday; Nov. 21
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A court hearing in Philadelphia between AME bishops Sims and Greene features a lawyer scuffle and near-riot among spectators, quelled by marshals. Sims seeks injunction against Greene assuming district leadership after Little Rock conference unfrocked him.