MILHOUSE v. LEVI

No. 75-1844.

548 F.2d 357 (1976)

Lester D. MILHOUSE et al., Appellant, v. Edward H. LEVI, United States Attorney General, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 13, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Wolf, Washington, D. C., with whom Victor H. Kramer, Charles E. Hill and Diane B. Cohn, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellants.

S. Cass Weiland, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Robert L. Keuch, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for Federal appellees.

C. Francis Murphy, Corp. Counsel for the District of Columbia, Louis P. Robbins, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, Richard W. Barton and Leo N. Gorman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for the District of Columbia appellees.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, WILKEY, Circuit Judge and MERHIGE, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia.


Opinion for the Court filed by District Judge MERHIGE.

MERHIGE, District Judge:

Appellants, inmates of the Lorton Reformatory, a part of the District of Columbia Corrections System, and others,1 filed this action in the District Court challenging an order issued by the Attorney General of the United States on October 1, 1974 which curtailed furlough privileges previously available to certain inmates. The District Court found the...

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