UNITED STATES v. LATTIMORE

No. 11849.

215 F.2d 847 (1954)

UNITED STATES v. LATTIMORE.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 8, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. John W. Jackson, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, and Messrs. George J. Donegan, Edward F. Hummer, and John H. Davitt, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant. Mr. Lewis A. Carroll, Asst. U. S. Atty., and Mr. William J. Peck, Asst. U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, Washington, D. C., entered appearances for appellant.

Messrs. Joseph C. O'Mahoney and Thurman Arnold, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Abe Fortas and Paul A. Porter, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before STEPHENS, Chief Judge, and EDGERTON, CLARK, WILBUR K. MILLER, PRETTYMAN, BAZELON, FAHY, WASHINGTON and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.


PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

The appellee, Lattimore, was indicted under the District of Columbia statute1 in seven counts for perjury allegedly committed while he was testifying before a Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Upon a motion to dismiss, the District Court dismissed Counts I, III, IV and VII. The United States appealed from that order.

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