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LAFFERTY v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 15149.

277 F.2d 348 (1960)

A. W. LAFFERTY, Appellant v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 17, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A. W. Lafferty, appellant pro se.

Mr. Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia, with whom Messrs. Chester H. Gray, Corporation Counsel, Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corporation Counsel, and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corporation Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Ted D. Kuemmerling, Asst. Corporation Counsel, also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before FAHY, WASHINGTON and BURGER, Circuit Judges.

FAHY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant petitioned the District Court on December 18, 1958, to review and expunge a decree of that court of April 6, 1955, adjudging that he was of unsound mind. The court denied the petition, filing a carefully composed Memorandum Opinion. The court was of the view that the earlier action of the District Court in denying a petition filed by appellant June 21, 1955, hereinafter described more fully, had the effect of holding that the decree...

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