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REWIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 28960.

445 F.2d 1303 (1971)

Mrs. Annie Laurie REWIS, as Temporary Administratrix of the Estate of Joann Rewis, Deceased and Mrs. Annie Laurie Rewis and Joseph Sidney Rewis, individually, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 2, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. Bergen, Robert Hitch, III, Savannah, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

R. Jackson B. Smith, Jr., U. S. Atty., Savannah, Ga., Robert Young, Morton Hollander, Chief, Appellate Section, J. F. Bishop, Attys., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., William D. Ruckelshaus, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, DYER and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.

INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge:

At 7:20 P.M. on the evening of September 5, 1963, little 15 months old Joann Rewis drew her last labored breath — the result of acute salicylate (aspirin) poisoning. This tragic story has been thrice told and little purpose would be served in reciting the facts of that fateful event. A concise statement of the pertinent facts, together with the history of two previous trials and one appeal, appear in this court's opinion in Rewis v...

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