Legal Opinion
Mellon v. Brewer
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 7, 1927No. 4497PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBB, Associate Justice.
This is a special appeal to review an order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, overruling a demurrer to the declaration in an action for an alleged libel, in which damages in the sum of $500,000 are claimed.
The plaintiff, according to the averments of his declaration, had been an employee and officer of the government for many years, having served in the capacities of assistant draftsman, draftsman, and chief draftsman in the Navy Department, technical assistant in the Navy Department assigned to duty with the Department of Justice, Attorney in the…
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3Cited by49 opinions
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