Legal Opinion
The Honorable Keith M. Lundin v. L. Ralph Mecham
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 3, 1993No. 91-5314PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.
HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:
On July 20, 1984, six federal bankruptcy judges (the “Six Judges”) filed suit in District Court against the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (the “Director”), challenging the Director’s declaration that the Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 (the “Bankruptcy Act”) violated the Appointments Clause of the Constitution. Over four years later, on November 29, 1988, the case was finally dismissed as moot. In the interim, a number of other cases…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Pierce v. UnderwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Melkonyan v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by36 opinions
- F.J. Vollmer Company, Inc. v. John W. Magaw, Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms, U.S. Department of the TreasuryCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996
- Denver S. Cooper v. United States Railroad Retirement BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1994
- Castaneda Castillo v. Holder, Jr.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2013
- Cobell v. NortonDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2005
- Sai v. Department of Homeland SecurityDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2015
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