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KEENEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 11752.

218 F.2d 843 (1954)

Mary Jane KEENEY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 26, 1954.

Petition for Rehearing Denied October 22, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frank J. Donner, New York City, of the bar of The Court of Appeals of New York, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom Mr. Joseph Forer, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. John D. Lane, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., William Hitz and Lewis A. Carroll, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. William R. Glendon, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., at time record was filed, entered an appearance for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, PRETTYMAN, and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.

Petition for Rehearing In Banc Denied October 22, 1954.

EDGERTON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, a former employee of the United Nations, was a witness before a Subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate. She was asked whether anyone in the State Department had aided her in obtaining employment with the United Nations. She did not answer, and asserted a privilege not to answer by reason of the Charter and the Staff Rules of the United...

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