CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUAL. v. COMMISSIONER, SOCIAL SEC. ADMIN.

Civ. No. 17866.

270 F.Supp. 537 (1967)

CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY (TARGET CITY PROJECT), A Maryland corporation (non-profit), on behalf of James E. Eastmond and many others similarly situated, v. COMMISSIONER, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Secretary, Health, Education and Welfare, Chairman, U. S. Civil Service Commission.

United States District Court D. Maryland.

June 20, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard A. Briscoe, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiff.

Stephen H. Sachs, U. S. Atty., and Arthur G. Murphy, First Asst. U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., for defendants.


THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

The United States has moved to dismiss the complaint in this action on a number of grounds, including sovereign immunity, lack of jurisdiction, failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, lack of standing of plaintiff to file a class suit, failure to exhaust available adminstrative remedies, and failure to show adequate grounds for the injunctive relief requested.

This action is brought by "The Congress of Racial Equality...

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