CHAGNON v. BELL

No. 79-1232.

642 F.2d 1248 (1980)

Jacquelyn M. CHAGNON et al., Appellants, v. Griffin BELL et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 14, 1980.

Rehearing Denied October 14, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark H. Lynch, Washington, D. C., with whom John H. F. Shattuck, Washington, D. C., was on brief, for appellants.

John J. Farley, III, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Carl S. Rauh, U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., at the time the brief was filed and Robert E. Kapp, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellees.

Before ROBINSON and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges, and GASCH, United States District Court Judge for the District of Columbia.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge EDWARDS.

EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:

The question presented by this appeal is whether the District Court correctly ruled that the Attorney General of the United States, and those acting under him and at his direction, were entitled to a summary judgment on grounds of official immunity. Appellants filed suit in District Court on April 11, 1978, seeking money damages and equitable relief, after learning that appellees...

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