Legal Opinion
Teton Historic Aviation Foundation v. United States Department of Defense
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 8, 2015No. 13-5039PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed PER CURIAM.
2Per curiam
Teton Historic Aviation Foundation and Teton Avjet LLC (Teton) together operate as a nonprofit entity devoted to maintaining historic military aircraft. Teton is challenging various decisions of the Department of Defense that made it effectively impossible to buy surplus aircraft parts from the Department. The district court found that Teton lacks standing to sue because victory in court would not redress its injury. We disagree.
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Congress has authority to “dispose of’ all surplus government property. U.S. Const, art. IV, § 3. Congress has delegated this…
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