Legal Opinion
DeFrantz v. United States Olympic Committee
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 16, 1980No. Civ. A. 80-1013PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Plaintiffs, 25 athletes and one member of the Executive Board of defendant United States Olympic Committee (USOC), have moved for an injunction barring defendant USOC from carrying out a resolution, adopted by the USOC House of Delegates on April 12, 1980, not to send an American team to participate in the Games of the XXIInd Olympiad to be held in Moscow in the summer of 1980. Plaintiffs allege that in preventing American athletes from competing in the Summer Olympics, defendant has exceeded its statutory powers and has abridged plaintiffs’ constitutional rights.
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