Legal Opinion
Banzhaf v. Smith
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 29, 1984No. Civ. A. 83-3161PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge.
This is an action under the Ethics in Government Act (Ethics Act), 28 U.S.C. §§ 591 et seq., to require the Attorney General to appoint an Independent Counsel 1 to investigate whether criminal offenses were committed by high-level officials in the course of an alleged transmittal of certain briefing materials from the Carter White House to the headquarters of the then candidate for President Ronald Reagan. Presently before the Court is defendants’ motion to dismiss, 2 in which it is claimed that plaintiffs lack standing to bring the action 3 and that…
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- Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Sierra Club v. MortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. CampSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. ChadhaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Banzhaf v. SmithDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1984
- Martha Nathan v. William French Smith, U.S. Attorney General. Martha Nathan v. William French Smith, U.S. Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Martha Nathan v. William French Smith, U.S. Attorney General. Martha Nathan v. William French Smith, U.S. Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984