Legal Opinion
Sherman H. Skolnick v. Commissioner James Benton Parsons, the President's Commission of Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 5, 1968No. 16615PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Acting pro se under Section 1361 of the Judicial Code (28 U.S.C. § 1361), 1 plaintiff has sued the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice and one of its members. The purpose of the suit was to compel the defendants to release a 63-page report submitted to defendants by G. Robert Blakey of the faculty of Notre Dame Law School. The Executive Committee of the District Court dismissed the complaint sua, sponte on the following two grounds:
“1. The said complaint states no cause of action justiciable in this Court.
“2. The legal existence of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Blackmar v. GuerreSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Snyder v. BuckSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Geisler v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Bowles v. WilkeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1949
- TCF Film Corp. v. GourleyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Gary A. Soucie v. Edward E. David, Jr., Director, Office of Science and TechnologyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- Ernestine Robles v. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
- The Organic Cow, Llc, a Vermont Corporation v. Center for New England Dairy Compact ResearchCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
- Wright v. COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF GREENSVILLE CTY., VA.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1970
- Long v. United States Internal Revenue ServiceDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1972
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