Legal Opinion

William W. Winpisinger v. Jack Watson, Secretary of the Cabinet and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided April 10, 1980No. 80-1160PublishedCited by 102 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion PER CURIAM.

2Per curiam

Appellants, supporters of Senator Edward M. Kennedy in his quest for the Presidential nomination of the Democratic Party, 1 appeal from the dismissal by the district court of their action alleging that the defendants, members of President Carter’s administration 2 and the Carter-Mondale

Committee, have illegally employed their public authority and expended federal funds to promote the President’s renomination. Appellants contend that this results in constitutional violations by diminishing the effect of their efforts for Senator Kennedy. They accordingly seek declaratory and…

3Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  3. Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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4Cited by102 opinions

  1. Richard L. Zaldivar v. City of Los Angeles, and Margaret Salazar, Intervenors-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
  2. United States of America Ex Rel. Joel D. Joseph, and Joel D. Joseph v. Howard W. CannonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
  3. Guy Vander Jagt v. Thomas P. O'neill, Jr.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
  4. United States v. WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
  5. Committee of Central American Refugees ("Comite De Refugiados Centro-Americanos" or "Crece"), Political Asylum Emergency Representation Program v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Meese, Edwin R., as Attorney General of the United States, Nelson, Alan C., as Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and Ilchert, David, as Director of the S.F. District of Ins, Committee of Central American Refugees v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986

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