Howell v. Reno

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BABCOCK, District Judge.

In this Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), 42 U.S.C. § 2210 note, section 5, (Supp.1994) action, plaintiffs Norma Howell (Howell), widow of Robert Bert Howell, deceased, and Alfred Eldon Ball (Ball) seek review of defendants’, Janet Reno, U.S. Attorney General, and the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) (collectively, defendants) denial of compensation under RECA. Plaintiffs also challenge certain statutory provisions of RECA as violative of their right to equal protection under the law pursuant to the Fifth Amendment of the…