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BLACK v. SHERATON CORP. OF AMERICA

No. 75-2034.

564 F.2d 550 (1977)

Fred B. BLACK, Jr., Appellant v. SHERATON CORPORATION OF AMERICA et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 22, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel M. Bradley, Washington, D. C., for appellant. Gerald S. Rourke and Edward P. Morgan, Washington, D. C., were also on the brief for appellant.

Neil R. Peterson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., and John J. Farley, III, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for United States of America as amicus curiae.

Peter R. Sherman, Washington, D. C., with whom Alan L. Seifert, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for appellees, Washington Sheraton Corp. and Sheraton Corp. of America.

Before LEVENTHAL, ROBINSON and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge.

LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:

In 1963, the FBI conducted an illegal eavesdropping operation through a microphone put in the wall of the suite of Fred B. Black in the Sheraton Carlton Hotel in Washington, D. C. In this lawsuit, Black sues the Sheraton corporations (Sheraton)1 for compensatory and punitive damages.

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