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BRIGGS v. GOODWIN

No. 80-2269.

698 F.2d 486 (1983)

John BRIGGS, et al., Appellants, v. Guy GOODWIN, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 11, 1983.

As Amended January 17, 1983.

Rehearing Granted March 25, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Stearns, New York City, with whom Morton Stavis, Doris Peterson, Philip J. Hirschkop and Jack Levine, New York City, were on the brief, for appellants.

Robert F. Muse, Washington, D.C., with whom Jacob A. Stein, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before MacKINNON and GINSBURG, Circuit Judges and BAZELON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge BAZELON.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge MacKINNON.

BAZELON, Senior Circuit Judge:

This civil suit arises out of criminal proceedings brought against appellants in 1972. Appellants1 allege that Guy Goodwin, an attorney with the Department of Justice, misrepresented to them in open court that one of their comrades was not a government informant. They claim that...

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