MELONG v. MICRONESIAN CLAIMS COMMISSION

No. 76-1201.

569 F.2d 630 (1977)

Minniah MELONG et al., Appellants, v. MICRONESIAN CLAIMS COMMISSION, an Agency of the United States, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 29, 1977.

Rehearing Denied September 12, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Frank, Leonard C. Meeker, Eldon V. C. Greenberg, Washington, D.C., and Ann E. Allen, Saipan Islands, Mariana Islands, were on the brief for appellants.

Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Earl J. Silbert, U.S. Atty., Ronald R. Glancz and Barbara L. Herwig, Attys., Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellees.

Before McGOWAN, ROBINSON and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court by Circuit Judge SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III.

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

Appellants brought suit in the District Court challenging the standard by which the Micronesian Claims Commission determined the amounts of awards made to them1 under the Micronesian Claims Act of 1971.2 The District Court dismissed the action

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