Rotko v. Abrams, 423

Decision Date24 February 1972
Docket NumberDocket 71-1893.,No. 423,423
Citation455 F.2d 992
PartiesRussell J. ROTKO and Florence Rotko, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. General Creighton B. ABRAMS, Individually and as Commanding General, U. S. Armed Forces in Vietnam, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
CourtU.S. Court of Appeals — Second Circuit

Stanley Faulkner, New York City (Faulkner & Schmidt, New York City, Gruber & Turkel, Stamford, Conn., on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Morton Hollander, Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (L. Patrick Gray, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert M. Feinson, Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., and Stewart H. Jones, U. S. Atty., for the District of Connecticut, on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before MEDINA, KAUFMAN and TIMBERS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

We affirm on the opinion of Judge Zampano below, reported at 338 F.Supp. 46 (D.Conn.1971).

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