HEANEY v. GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN

No. 826, Docket 35654.

445 F.2d 501 (1971)

James C. HEANEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN and Adolpho Gomero, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 2, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Heaney, Buffalo, N. Y., appellant pro se (Daniel J. Maurin, Buffalo, N. Y., of counsel).

Charles S. Desmond, Buffalo, N. Y. (Robert D. Hayton and Clifton H. Stannage, New York City, of counsel), for appellees.

Before FRIENDLY, Chief Judge, and HAYS and OAKES, Circuit Judges.


FRIENDLY, Chief Judge:

James C. Heaney, a lawyer, brought this action in the District Court for the Western District of New York against the Government of Spain and its consular representative Adolpho Gomero. The complaint alleged that in 1968, having learned that Mr. Heaney had initiated civil rights litigation on behalf of residents of Northern Ireland against the British Government before the Human Rights Commission of...

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