NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD v. BROWNELL

No. 12495.

225 F.2d 552 (1955)

NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD, Appellant, v. Herbert BROWNELL, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 14, 1955.

Petition for Rehearing Denied October 4, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Osmond K. Fraenkel, New York City, with whom Mr. Joseph Forer, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Benjamin Forman, Special Asst. to the Atty. Gen., of the bar of the Court of Appeals of New York, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom Mr. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., and Mr. Samuel D. Slade, Atty., Dept. of Justice, were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Paul A. Sweeney, Atty., Dept. of Justice, also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before PRETTYMAN, WILBUR K. MILLER, and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.


Petition for Rehearing In Banc Denied October 4, 1955.

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant is a national bar association which has been in existence since February, 1937. On August 28, 1953, it received a letter from the Attorney General of the United States, stating that he proposed to designate it as an organization coming within the purview of Executive Order 10450.1 The Guild filed

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