Legal Opinion
In Re Sealed Case
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 20, 1987No. Misc. 87-0197, 87-0205 and 87-0215PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
AUBREY E. ROBINSON, Jr., Chief Judge.
(THIS MEMORANDUM SHALL BE FILED IN THE PUBLIC RECORD, AS IT DOES NOT REVEAL THE NATURE OR CONTENTS OF ANY SEALED MATERIAL.)
This sealed matter presents for determination by the Court the question of whether the Independent Counsel provisions of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, 28 U.S.C. § 591 et seq., comport with the Constitution of the United States. After consideration of a number of submissions concerning this issue, 1 the Court holds that the statute is constitutional.
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2Cases cited29 opinions
- Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. ChadhaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Nixon v. Administrator of General ServicesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Go-Bart Importing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Morrison v. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- In Re Sealed Case (Three Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
- Morrison v. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- United States v. CisnerosDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1998
- In Re Sealed CaseCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
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