WIREN v. LAWS

Misc. Nos. 283, 10915.

194 F.2d 873 (1951)

WIREN v. LAWS, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. WIREN v. PARAMOUNT PICTURES, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 27, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Landis and William T. Hannan, Washington, D. C., for petitioner in Misc. No. 283 and appellant in No. 10915.

William E. Leahy and William J. Hughes, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellee in No. 10915.

William E. Leahy and William J. Hughes, Jr., Washington, D. C., filed a brief as amicus curiae in Misc. No. 283.

Before EDGERTON, PRETTYMAN and BAZELON, Circuit Judges.


BAZELON, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner in Misc. No. 283, Myra Page Wiren, seeks leave in this court to file a petition for a writ of mandamus directing the Honorable Bolitha J. Laws, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, to vacate and set aside an order transferring to the Southern District of New York a suit which petitioner has brought in the District of Columbia. Attached to the petition for leave to file is a petition for the...

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