Charlotte Slavitt v. Glenn F. Meader

On August 13, 1953, appellant ■filed in the District Court a complaint to recover damages for alleged libel and conspiracy, related to her occupational qualifications as a civilian employee of the Navy Department. Two of the three defendants were served with process and answered. One has never been served, In the intervening years the complaint was dismissed twice under Rule 13 of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. 1 This occurred first on March 3, 1954, followed by reinstatement of the case April 27, 1954. The second dismissal was March 10,1959, followed on March…