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LYMAN v. SPAIN

No. 84-5600.

774 F.2d 495 (1985)

Josiah LYMAN, as Successor Committee of Mildred O. Brooke, Mental Patient v. Anita O. SPAIN, individually, and as an officer, director and co-dominant stockholder of Ofty Corporation, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Order Filed January 17, 1985.

Opinion Filed October 4, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Raysor, Chevy Chase, Md., was on the motion for summary affirmance or alternatively for summary dismissal.

Robert A. Seefried and Charles P. Muldoon, Washington, D.C., were on the opposition.

Before WRIGHT, MIKVA and BORK, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.

MIKVA, Circuit Judge:

This case is an archetypal example of how greed paired with sloth can subvert the legal system, delaying the vindication of one person's rights for almost two decades. Everyone associated with this litigation must share the obloquy, including in no small degree the lawyers who brought this appeal. Finding no shred of merit in their arguments...

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