HELLENIC LINES, LIMITED v. MOORE

No. 18265.

345 F.2d 978 (1965)

HELLENIC LINES, LIMITED, Appellant, v. Luke C. MOORE, United States Marshal for the District of Columbia, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 25, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles F. Warren, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Bruno A. Ristau, Attorney, Department of Justice, with whom Asst. Atty. Gen. John W. Douglas, Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., and Morton Hollander, Attorney, Department of Justice, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, EDGERTON, Senior Circuit Judge, and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.


BAZELON, Chief Judge:

Appellant filed a libel in personam against the Republic of Tunisia. D.D.C. Admiralty No. 27-62. A summons was issued addressed to the Republic to be served upon the Tunisian Ambassador to the United States. Appellee, the United States Marshal, made the following return upon the unexecuted summons: "The within named principal agent having Diplomatic Immunity and being listed in the Diplomatic List of the State Department cannot be served...

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