Legal Opinion
National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, Inc. v. Brownell
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 15, 1955No. Civ. A. No. 2663-48PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
YOUNGDAHL, District Judge.
This cause came on to be heard on defendants’ motion to dismiss, or in the alternative, for summary judgment.
In 1948, plaintiffs filed a complaint against defendants attacking the validity and application of Executive Order No. 9835 issued in March, 1947, 5 U. S.C.A. § 631 note, which established the President’s Employees’ Loyalty Program in the Executive Branch of the Government. Plaintiffs sought injunctive relief to restrain the designation and publication of The National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, Inc. as “communist”; to have the name removed from the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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3Cited by1 opinion
- National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, Inc. v. Herbert Brownell, Jr., Individually and as Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957