# Claim 804

Police responded on April 9, 1971, to a call from Stanford University Hospital's director asking them to remove demonstrators who had occupied the hospital's administrative offices since the previous afternoon.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

- Statement: Police responded on April 9, 1971, to a call from Stanford University Hospital's director asking them to remove demonstrators who had occupied the hospital's administrative offices since the previous afternoon.
- Field: scope_of_action
- Value: Hospital occupation and clash, April 9, 1971
- About: [incident 1971-us-zurcher-stanford-daily-newsroom-search](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1971-us-zurcher-stanford-daily-newsroom-search)
- Source: Zurcher v. Stanford Daily, 436 U.S. 547 (1978). https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/436/547
- Publisher: Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School
- Method: court record
- Checked: 2026-09-26
- Confidence: high
- Status: current
- Source date: 1978-05-31

## Quotation from the source

> Late in the day on Friday, April 9, 1971, officers of the Palo Alto Police Department and of the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department responded to a call from the director of the Stanford University Hospital requesting the removal of a large group of demonstrators

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