James A. Mcshane v. United States America

James A. McShane, appearing for himself and purporting to act in behalf of others, filed what is designated as a "Class Action for Return of Children Kidnapped by Foreign Pirates and Damages." In the complaint filed in the District Court, the defendants are not adequately identified, although it appears that the alleged wrongful acts were committed by the Department of State and the Department of Justice of the United States, the Scottish Law Society, the English Law Society, and the London, England, office of the Rhodesian Immigration Authority. Additional defendants are named in the caption of the brief filed in our court, and these include the Polish Court of Warsaw, Poland, and the Canadian Immigration and Naturalization Authority. It is also sought in our court that there be joined as defendants the State of California, the State of Iowa, Edmund G. Brown, Governor of the State of California, Thomas G. Lynch, Attorney General of the State of California, and Elizabeth B. Palmer, Deputy Attorney General of the State of California. These latter named have filed a "special appearance only" for the purpose of opposing the motion for their joinder as defendants.