DIGGS v. RICHARDSON

No. 75-1775.

555 F.2d 848 (1976)

Charles Coles DIGGS, Jr., et al., Appellants, v. Elliot L. RICHARDSON.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 17, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard C. Meeker, Washington, D. C., with whom Richard A. Frank, Eldon V. C. Greenberg, Michael Peay and Goler Teal Butcher, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellants.

Bruno A. Ristau, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty. and Leonard Schaitman, Atty. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee, Richardson.

Stephen S. Boynton and Robert McK Maloney, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee, The Fouke Co., James P. Davenport, Michael Nussbaum and Ronald G. Precup, Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for appellee, The Fouke Co.

Frank C. Newman, Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of the International League for the Rights of Man.

Before TAMM, LEVENTHAL and ROBB, Circuit Judges.


Opinion of the Court filed by Circuit Judge LEVENTHAL.

LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:

This suit seeks judicial enforcement of a U.N. Security Council resolution which calls upon member states to have no dealings with South Africa which impliedly recognize the legality of that country's occupation of the former U.N. territory of Namibia. The plaintiffs, among whom are American citizens who have been denied admission to Namibia,1 seek...

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