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PITTS v. UNITED STATES

No. 78-1567.

599 F.2d 1103 (1979)

Edmund R. PITTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 20, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund M. Pitts, Boston, Mass., pro se.

Patrick A. Fayle, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Edward F. Harrington, U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass. and Morton Hollander, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for defendants-appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This is an action against the United States for breach of contract for wages and a tort claim for libel. After plaintiff-appellant had presented his case, the government, defendant-appellee, moved for dismissal pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(b). The district court, after receiving briefs from the parties, issued a written opinion granting the motion. The findings of fact made by the court below must be affirmed unless clearly erroneous. 5 Moore...

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