Legal Opinion
Nader v. Saxbe
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 4, 1974No. 73-1307PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs-appellants, a citizen of voting age and a nonprofit corporation (Public Citizen, Inc.), sought a declaratory judgment, a mandatory injunction, and an “order in the nature of mandamus” to compel the Attorney General and the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia1 “to exercise their discretion to initiate prosecutions” against violators of the 1925 Federal Corrupt Practices Act2 (FCPA). The District Court, im a very able opinion, found standing to sue in the plaintiffs but dismissed their complaint for failure to state a claim on which…
2Cases cited45 opinions
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- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by40 opinions
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- Rodolfo Hernandez-Avalos v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
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