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SLAVITT v. MEADER

No. 15231.

278 F.2d 276 (1960)

Charlotte SLAVITT, Appellant, v. Glenn F. MEADER et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 14, 1960.

Petition for Rehearing Denied May 9, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miss Charlotte Slavitt, appellant pro se.

Mr. William W. Greenhalgh, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, and Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellees.

Messrs. Robert M. Beckman, Francis L. Young, Jr., and John P. Burke, Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia, as amicus curiae, urging the court to sustain the validity of Rule 13 of the Local Civil Rules of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Mr. Sheldon E. Bernstein, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for The Bar Association of the District of Columbia.

Before EDGERTON, FAHY and BASTIAN, Circuit Judges.

Petition for Rehearing En Banc Denied May 9, 1960.

PER CURIAM.

On August 13, 1953, appellant filed in the District Court a complaint to recover damages for alleged libel and conspiracy, related to her occupational qualifications as a civilian employee of the Navy Department. Two of the three defendants were served with process and answered. One has never been served. In the intervening years the complaint was dismissed twice under Rule 13 of the United States...

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