White v. Administrator of General Services Administration of United States

343 F.2d 444 Joseph WHITE, Jr., Lois M. White, Anthony J. DeMetro, Betty J. DeMetro, Anthony Enea, Rose Enea, Frank A. Siino and Mary Siino, Appellants, v. ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION OF the UNITED STATES of America and Fred H. Johnston, Appellees. No. 19427. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. March 23, 1965. Robert J. Rossi, Alfred A. Affinito, Pittsburg, Cal., for appellants. Ramsey Clark, Asst. Atty. Gen., Roger P. Marquis, S. Billingsley Hill, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Cecil F. Poole, U. S. Atty., J. Harold Weise, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for appellees. Before MADDEN, Judge of the Court of Claims, and HAMLEY and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges. MADDEN, Judge. 1 The appellants brought suit in the District Court requesting that court to issue a mandamus against the appellees ordering them to execute a deed, on behalf of the United States, conveying to the appellants a certain interest in land. They also requested relief by way of a declaratory judgment under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201 and 2202, and relief under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U. S.C. § 1009. 2 In their complaint in the District…