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1/Saddened to have learned of passing of former Baltimore City Circuit Court Chief Judge Joseph H.H. Kaplan (1936-2021), who presided over our litigation trial to exhume remains of #JohnWilkesBooth back in 1995.
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2/Effort received great deal of publicity, including half-page story in @nytimes.
@washingtonpost, #WashingtonTimes & @baltimoresun covered five day trial every day.
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@washingtonpost, #WashingtonTimes & @baltimoresun covered five day trial every day.
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3/Although he ruled against effort, he was consummate professional. I appreciated how he dealt w/me as very young lawyer (just 3 years out of school) who was handling first trial totally on own. As Chief Judge he specifically assigned case to himself as he was Civil War buff.
