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ATLEE v. LAIRD

Civ. A. No. 71-2324.

339 F.Supp. 1347 (1972)

John S. ATLEE et al., v. Melvin LAIRD, Individually and as Secretary of the Department of Defense.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

March 28, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Kairys, David Rudovsky, Kairys & Rudovsky, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs; Michael Krinsky, Rabinowitz, Boudin & Standard, New York City, of counsel.

Louis C. Bechtle, U. S. Atty., Warren D. Mulloy, John T. Thorn, Asst. U. S. Attys., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.

OPINION

JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Chief Judge.

The plaintiffs in this suit allege that the prosecution of the war in Southeast Asia by this government violates various provisions of the United States Constitution, Treaties of the United States, and doctrines of international law. They seek a permanent injunction against the expenditure of funds for this war which have been authorized and appropriated by Acts of Congress. The defendant in this case is Melvin Laird...

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