Case Name: Nelson TUCKER, Appellant, v. Wilber M. BRUCKER, Individually and as Secretary of the Army, et al., Appellees; Warren BERNABEI, Appellant, v. Arthur E. SUMMERFIELD, Individually and as Postmaster General of the United States, et al., Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1958-01-03
Citations: 251 F.2d 898
Docket Number: Nos. 13876, 13877
Parties: Nelson TUCKER, Appellant, v. Wilber M. BRUCKER, Individually and as Secretary of the Army, et al., Appellees. Warren BERNABEI, Appellant, v. Arthur E. SUMMERFIELD, Individually and as Postmaster General of the United States, et al., Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 251
Pages: 898–898

Head Matter:
Nelson TUCKER, Appellant, v. Wilber M. BRUCKER, Individually and as Secretary of the Army, et al., Appellees. Warren BERNABEI, Appellant, v. Arthur E. SUMMERFIELD, Individually and as Postmaster General of the United States, et al., Appellees.
Nos. 13876, 13877.
United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.
Argued Nov. 18, 1957.
Decided Jan. 3, 1958.
Mr. David I. Shapiro, of the bar of the Court of Appeals of New York, New York City, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom Mr. Gerhard P. Van Arkel, Washington, D. C., was on the briefs, for appellants.
Mr. Donald B. MacGuineas, Atty., Dept, of Justice, with whom Asst. Atty. Gen. George C. Doub and Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Paul A. Sweeney, Atty., Dept, of Justice, were on the briefs, for appellees.
Before Edgekton, Chief Vudge, and Bazelon and Bastían, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We think the District Court erred in awarding summary judgments in these cases to the defendants, and dismissing the complaints, on the ground of laches. Duncan v. Summerfield, 102 U.S.App.D.C.-, 251 F.2d 896.
Reversed and remanded.
BASTIAN, Circuit Judge, dissents, believing that the actions are barred by laches.