Legal Opinion
John Conyers, Member, United States House of Representatives v. Ronald Wilson Reagan, Individually, and as President of the United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 28, 1985No. 84-5171PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TAMM, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the dismissal, 578 F.Supp. 324 (D.D.C.1984), of a suit brought by eleven members of the United States House of Representatives challenging as unconstitutional the military invasion of Grenada in October of 1983. Because the actions complained of have long since ended, we dismiss the appeal as moot.
I. Background
A. The Invasion of Grenada
On October 25, 1983, United States military forces invaded the island nation of Grenada. At the time of the invasion, the political situation in Grenada was unstable: Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and other government…
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