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Title: Thomas J. Ferrito Papers
Dates: 1976-1985
Collection Number: 2018-25
Creator/Collector:
Ferrito, Thomas J.
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California. Santa Clara Valley Chapter
Extent: 3 linear feet
Repository:
History San Jose Research Library
San Jose, California 95112
Abstract: Papers of Los Gatos attorney Tom Ferrito, who was involved civil rights and police conduct organizations in the Santa Clara
Valley in the 1970s and 1980s.
Language of Material: English
Open to the public for research by appointment with the Curator of Library & Archives
Contact the Curator of Library & Archives for information about reproduction and publication.
Thomas J. Ferrito Papers. History San Jose Research Library
The records were donated to History San Jose by Thomas J. Ferrito in 2018.
Scope and Content of Collection
Papers of Los Gatos attorney Tom Ferrito, who was involved civil rights and police conduct organizations in the Santa Clara
Valley in the 1970s and 1980s. Ferrito represented defendant Anthony Franco against charges relating to the investigation
of San Jose City Councilman Al Garza for corruption in 1979-1980. The papers include newsletters and related material of the
ACLU's Santa Clara Chapter, and ACOPP; research files on police brutality and grand juries, including a small file on the
shooting of Danny Trevino by San Jose police; case files from People v. Franco; and court records from Garza's grand jury
investigation, and People v. Hughes, Garza et al. In addition to court records, the papers include audio cassette recordings
of interviews of witnesses in the Garza proceedings.
Civil rights
Lawyers--Political activity
Nineteen seventies
Political corruption
Police--Complaints against
Grand jury
Garza, Al
Franco, Anthony
American Civil Liberties Union
Santa Clara County (Calif.)
San Jose (Calif.)
minutes (administrative records)
business letters
interviews
audiocassettes
transcripts