UNITED STATES v. MATTHEWS

Misc. No. 456.

221 F.2d 837 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner, v. Honorable Burnita S. MATTHEWS, Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 13, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert Mandel, Atty., Department of Justice, for petitioner. Messrs. Samuel D. Slade and T. S. L. Perlman, Attys., Department of Justice, also entered appearances for petitioner.

Mr. John J. Wilson, Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before EDGERTON, BAZELON and FAHY, Circuit Judges.


FAHY, Circuit Judge.

The question may be stated as whether under the District of Columbia Code jurisdiction may be obtained through notice by publication in an in personam action against a domestic corporation. This question comes before us on motion of the United States for leave to file a petition for writ of mandamus against respondent, a judge of the District Court. The United States had sued the Potomac Chemical Co., Inc., a corporation chartered under...

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