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FIRST NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK v. GILLILLAND

No. 14248.

257 F.2d 223 (1958)

The FIRST NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. Whitney GILLILLAND et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 12, 1958.

Certiorari Denied October 13, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John A. Wilson, of the bar of the Court of Appeals of New York, New York City, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, with whom Messrs. F. Gloyd Awalt, Washington, D. C., and W. V. T. Justis, Herndon, Va., were on the brief for appellant.

Mr. B. Jenkins Middleton, Atty. Dept. of Justice, with whom Asst. Atty. Gen., George C. Doub, Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Samuel D. Slade, Atty. Dept. of Justice, were on the brief, for appellees.

Messrs. Morton Hollander, Atty., Dept. of Justice, and Harold D. Rhynedance, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered appearances for appellees.

Before EDGERTON, Chief Judge, and BAZELON, Circuit Judge, and MADDEN, Judge, United States Court of Claims.

Certiorari Denied October 13, 1958. See 79 S.Ct. 61.

MADDEN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court dismissing the appellant's action for want of jurisdiction. The basis for the order of the District Court was that an applicable statute expressly denied resort to the courts.

Before the Russian revolution of 1917, the appellant bank had ruble deposits in the Russo-Asiatic Bank, one of the largest banks in Russia. Russo-Asiatic...

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