United States v. John G. Murray

This case, if not unique, is certainly a rara avis in the annals of federal appellate courts. It is an appeal from a fine of $50.00 for a parking violation on government property.

Appellant is a Civil Service employee at the Bureau of Old Age and Survivor Insurance [BOASI] Building at Wood-lawn, Maryland. In August of 1964 his car was ticketed for being parked outside the white lines delineating assigned parking places. Murray appeared before a United States Commissioner authorized by 18 U.S.C.A. § 3401 1 to try such offenses, and pursuant to the right granted under section 3401(b) Murray and…