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CURRAN v. LAIRD

No. 21040.

420 F.2d 122 (1969)

Joseph CURRAN, Individually and on Behalf of all the Members of the National Maritime Union of America, AFL-CIO, Appellant, v. Melvin R. LAIRD et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 12, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Martin J. Vigderman, Philadelphia, Pa., with whom Mr. Abraham E. Freedman, Philadelphia, Pa., was on the brief, for appellant. Mr. Stephen C. Sussman, Philadelphia, Pa., also entered an appearance for appellant.

Mr. Alan S. Rosenthal, Attorney, Department of Justice, with whom Mr. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, was on the brief, for appellees. Messrs. Richard S. Salzman and Norman Knopf, Attys., Department of Justice, also entered appearances for appellees.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and WRIGHT, McGOWAN, TAMM, LEVENTHAL, ROBINSON, MacKINNON and ROBB, Circuit Judges, sitting en banc.

ON REHEARING EN BANC.

LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:

This case involves an action brought by the President of the National Maritime Union, on behalf of all members of that union, against United States officials responsible for the shipment of American military cargo. Appellant seeks enforcement of the Cargo Preference Act. This statute, passed in 1904, and reenacted in the codification law of August 10, 1956, provides...

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