John W. Morton v. United States

DANAHER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant sought judgment against the United States for $500,000 “plus all income and any other taxes,” and costs and expenses of suit. The Government’s motion to dismiss was granted, hence this appeal.

It was alleged that “Tom C. Clark, U. S. Attorney General on June 27, 1948 (now employed in the U. S. Supreme Court), Leonard A. Scheele, Surgeon General, U. S. Public Health Service, James V. Bennett, Director, Bureau of Prisons, [and] Donald Clemmer, General Superintendent, District of Columbia Penal Institutions” in violation of law and to appellant’s damage,…