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BROWN v. UNITED STATES

No. 73-1996.

508 F.2d 618 (1974)

Richard E. BROWN, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, v. UNITED STATES of America et al., Appellees, Richard E. Brown and David L. Taylor, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 31, 1974.

As Amended January 24, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold E. Kohn, Aaron M. Fine, Allen D. Black, Arthur M. Kaplan, Mark E. Goldberg, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants.

Irving Jaffe, Washington, D.C., Robert E. J. Curran, Philadelphia, Pa., Robert E. Kopp, Michael Kimmel, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellees.

Before ADAMS, HUNTER and GARTH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:

This is a class action brought by individuals who were convicted by special courts-martial that were convened by officers in the United States Navy and Marine Corps under what the United States Court of Military Appeals subsequently held was an improper conferral of convening authority by the Secretary of the Navy under Article 23(a)(7), UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 823(a)(7) (1970). United States v. Greenwell...

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