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UNITED STATES v. KLOMAN

No. 9798.

176 F.2d 27 (1949)

UNITED STATES v. KLOMAN.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 23, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C. Frank Reifsnyder, Assistant United States Attorney, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. George Morris Fay, United States Attorney, Mrs. Helena Doocy Reed, Assistant United States Attorney, Mr. Sidney S. Sachs, Assistant United States Attorney, Washington, D. C., and Mr. Gordon F. Harrison, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant. Mr. John D. Lane, Assistant United States Attorney, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

Mr. H. Max Ammerman, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before EDGERTON and WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judges, and MATTHEW F. McGUIRE, District Judge sitting by designation.

EDGERTON, Circuit Judge.

The question here is whether the United States District Court for the District of Columbia had jurisdiction of a civil action brought by the United States to recover less than $3,000. The District Court dismissed the complaint on the theory that the Municipal Court of the District of Columbia had exclusive jurisdiction.

When this suit was brought the Judicial Code provided that district courts had jurisdiction "First. Of all suits...

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