Legal Opinion
Palestine Information Office v. George P. Shultz, Secretary of State
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 5, 1988No. 19-1224PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.
Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.
MIKVA, Circuit Judge:
The State Department late last year ordered the closing of the Palestine Information Office (“PIO”) in Washington, D.C. It had found that the PIO operated as a foreign mission of the Palestine Liberation Organization (“PLO”) and that the national interest in curbing international terrorism required its closure. Appellants challenged the order on constitutional and statutory grounds in the U.S. District Court. That court upheld the State Department’s action as within its…
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