ANDERSEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 15053.

237 F.2d 118 (1956)

Albert Lloyd ANDERSEN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

September 21, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Morgali, Charles Miles, Jr., Las Vegas, Nev., Albert M. Dreyer, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Franklin P. R. Rittenhouse, U. S. Atty., Howard W. Babcock, Asst., U. S. Atty., Las Vegas, Nev., for appellee.

Before LEMMON, FEE and BARNES, Circuit Judges.


LEMMON, Circuit Judge.

"It is an old joke," the appellant's expert testified, and only semi-humorously, "that you have got to be a little nuts to be a psychiatrist.

"You got to be a little off to be a psychiatrist or you can't make a living any other way unless you are, and pretty near the same thing follows for a psychologist."

The appellant himself, however, who holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, disagreed with his expert witness.

"It...

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