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TROUTMAN v. SHRIVER

No. 25539.

417 F.2d 171 (1969)

Russell TROUTMAN et al., Appellants, v. Sargent SHRIVER, Director, Office of Economic Opportunity, and United States of America, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

September 30, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Thomas Gurney, Heskin A. Whittaker, Orlando, Fla., Phillip H. Logan, Sanford, Fla., Stephen T. Dean, Orlando, Fla., Alexander D. Hall, Jr., St. Cloud, Fla., Philip G. Nourse, Fort Pierce, Fla., Brian C. Sanders, Russell Troutman, Alton G. Pitts, Orlando, Fla., of counsel.

Leonard Schaitman, Alan S. Rosenthal, John C. Eldridge, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Edward F. Boardman, U. S. Atty., Tampa, Fla., Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Edward F. Boardman, U. S. Atty., John C. Eldridge, Leonard Schaitman, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before THORNBERRY and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and SUTTLE, District Judge.

SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

The determinative issue in this appeal is whether the appellants, as four county bar associations and a taxpayer-citizen-attorney, have standing to challenge the constitutionality of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as amended, 78 Stat. 508, 42 U.S.C.A. § 2701 et seq., or alleged acts or omissions of the Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity regarding the establishment of legal aid service programs in their counties pursuant...

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