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Atlas Mfg. Co. v. Ashley

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
Feb 3, 1947
166 F.2d 209 (D.C. Cir. 1947)

Opinion

No. 9369.

Argued January 22, 1947.

Decided February 3, 1947.

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.

Action by Robert W. Ashley against the Atlas Manufacturing Company and others. From an adverse order, 7 F.R.D. 77, defendants appeal.

Affirmed.

Mr. Isadore H. Halpern, of Washington, D.C., with whom Messer. Samuel B. Brown, Nathan M. Brown and Benjamin B. Brown, all of Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Orin DeM. Walker, of Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, WILBUR K. MILLER and PRETTYMAN, Associate Justices.


The order of the District Court is not intended to have and will not have any effect upon the rights of the parties to establish, in litigation which is pending in Florida, any claims or defenses which they might have established in that litigation if the order here on appeal had never been entered. The parties agree that the order, thus interpreted, is correct and in accordance with a stipulation which they had previously entered into. The order is therefore affirmed.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Atlas Mfg. Co. v. Ashley

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
Feb 3, 1947
166 F.2d 209 (D.C. Cir. 1947)
Case details for

Atlas Mfg. Co. v. Ashley

Case Details

Full title:ATLAS MFG. CO. et al. v. ASHLEY

Court:United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

Date published: Feb 3, 1947

Citations

166 F.2d 209 (D.C. Cir. 1947)

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