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WILLIAMS v. BOORSTIN

No. 79-1684.

663 F.2d 109 (1980)

Joslyn N. WILLIAMS v. Daniel J. BOORSTIN, Librarian of the Library of Congress, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 3, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark N. Mutterperl, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Alice Daniel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., and Robert E. Kopp, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty. and William Kanter, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for appellant.

Michael D. Hausfeld, Washington, D. C., with whom Jerry S. Cohen and Herbert E. Milstein, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Senior Circuit Judge, TAMM and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILKEY.

Opinion filed by Senior Circuit Judge BAZELON, concurring in the result.

WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

We have before us the case of a man who engaged in an elaborate masquerade as a purported law student, applicant for the bar, then lawyer in order to obtain and keep a job whose specific required qualifications called for a lawyer. Unmasked, his deception exposed...

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