SILVER v. McNAMARA

No. 16220.

296 F.2d 591 (1961)

Harold J. SILVER and Evelyn B. Silver, Appellants v. Robert S. McNAMARA, Individually and as Secretary of the Department of Defense of the United States, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 3, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Sidney Dickstein, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. David I. Shapiro, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Kevin T. Maroney, Attorney, Department of Justice, for appellees. Mr. Joseph C. Weixel, Attorney, Department of Justice, also entered an appearance for appellees.

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


PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, husband and wife, were officers of a Texas corporation which was producing aircraft parts under classified Defense Department contracts. Both had been issued security clearance for access to classified material.1 On November 30, 1953, identical letters were sent them by the Executive Secretary of the Central Industrial Personnel Security Board (CIPSB) informing...

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