Weiss v. United States

Plaintiff sues for the sum of $5,000.00 basing his claim on the provisions of the Act of June 25,1948 (62 Stat. 941, Title 28, U. S. C. Sec. 1495). The defendant demurs on the ground that his petition does not state a cause of action.

In his petition plaintiff alleges that he was convicted in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for having engaged in a conspiracy to violate the Selective Service Act, that upon appeal to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit his conviction was affirmed, but that certiorari was granted by the Supreme…