Legal Opinion
Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,925 Dresser Industries, Inc., a Corporation, on Its Own Behalf and on Behalf of Certain Dresser Employees v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 30, 1979No. 78-1942, 78-2212PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.
This case represents some of the efforts of Dresser Industries, Inc., the plaintiff-appellant, to forestall disclosure of the details of certain transactions which are now commonly referred to as “questionable foreign payments”. Dresser filed this suit in the Southern District of Texas seeking, inter alia, declaratory and injunctive relief against the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Both defendants moved to dismiss under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1) and (b)(6). The District Judge granted the motions but did not specifically state the grounds…
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