Legal Opinion
Diana Kearny Powell v. Nicholas Katzenbach, United States Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 18, 1966No. 19285_1PublishedCited by 142 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant brought an action in the nature of mandamus against the Attorney General of the United States in order to force prosecution of a national bank and certain persons who appellant alleges were parties to a conspiracy in violation of various sections of Title 18 of the United States Code. Upon motion of appellee, the District Court struck two paragraphs of the complaint under Rule 12(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and dismissed with prejudice the remainder of the complaint for failure to state a cause of action. This appeal followed.
It is well settled that the question of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Pugach v. KleinDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1961
- United States v. BrokawDistrict Court, S.D. Illinois · 1945
- In the Matter of Alexander M. Goldberg v. Hon. Julius J. Hoffman, Hon. Herbert Brownell, Jr., Hon. H. Brian Holland and Hon. Robert TiekenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1955
- Moses v. KennedyDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1963
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3Cited by142 opinions
- Kenneth Adams v. Elliot L. Richardson, Individuallyand as Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Newman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- In Re United States of America, United States of America v. Ray Cowan and Jack Jacobsen, Wayne O. Woodruff, Special ProsecutorsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Alex Carl Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Inmates of Attica Correctional Facility v. Nelson A. RockefellerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
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