Legal Opinion

"Americans United" Inc. v. Walters

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided January 11, 1973No. 71-1299PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TAMM, Circuit Judge:

This case comes to us on appeal from an order in the district court denying appellants’ (plaintiffs below) petition to convene a three-judge district court pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2282 (1970), and granting appellee’s motion to dismiss. For the reasons stated at length below we affirm the action of the district court as it pertained to the individual appellants involved, but as to the corporate appellant reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

I. BACKGROUND

Appellant Americans United, incorporated as “Protestants and Other…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  2. San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Bolling v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  5. Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. WilliamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1942

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. Bob Jones University v. SimonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Alexander v. "Americans United" Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization v. William E. Simon, Secretary of the TreasuryCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
  4. Cohen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2011
  5. Investment Annuity, Inc. v. W. Michael Blumenthal as Secretary of the Treasury of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979

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