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TATUM v. LAIRD

No. 24203.

444 F.2d 947 (1971)

Arlo TATUM, Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors, et al., Appellants, v. Melvin R. LAIRD, Secretary of Defense, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 27, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frank Askin, Newark, N. J., of the bar of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom Messrs. Melvin L. Wulf, New York City, and Lawrence Speiser, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants. Mrs. Hope Beth Eastman, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellants.

Mr. Robert L. Keuch, Atty., Department of Justice, with whom Messrs. J. Walter Yeagley, Asst. Atty. Gen., at the time the brief was filed, Kevin T. Maroney and George W. Calhoun, Attys., Department of Justice, were on the brief, for appellees. Mr. Benjamin Flannagan, Atty., Department of Justice, also entered an appearance for appellees.

Before TAMM, MacKINNON and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.

WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

On 17 February 1970, appellants, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, filed suit challenging the legality of what appellants term "surveillance of lawful civilian political activity by the U.S. Army," which appellees describe as "gathering by lawful means, * * * maintaining and using in their intelligence activities, any information relating to potential or actual civil disturbances [or] street demonstrations." Appellants sought...

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