Legal Opinion
Ralph Nader v. William Bart Saxbe
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 4, 1974No. 73-1307PublishedCited by 7 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 Columbia 1 “to exercise their discretion to initiate prosecutions” against violators of the 1925 Federal Corrupt Practices Act 2 (FCPA). The District Court, in a very able opinion, found standing to sue in the plaintiffs but dismissed their complaint for failure to state a claim on which…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- O'Shea v. LittletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Fund for Constitutional Government v. National Archives and Records ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- United States v. General Dynamics Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- United States v. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 701, and Russell E. JoyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. LeviDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1976
- Hourigan v. CarterDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1979
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