ADAMS v. VANCE

No. 77-1960.

570 F.2d 950 (1978)

Jacob ADAMS et al. v. Cyrus VANCE, Secretary of State, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Order October 24, 1977.

Opinion January 17, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce C. Rashkow, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom James W. Moorman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edmund B. Clark and Margaret Strand, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the motion for summary reversal, for appellants.

S. Lynn Sutcliffe, Washington, D. C., pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, for appellees.

Roger A. Klein, Washington, D. C., was on the memorandum of amicus curiae, Center for Environmental Education, Inc.

Oliver A. Houck, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for amicus curiae, National Wildlife Federation.

Bernard Fensterwald, Jr. and Marc Feldman, Washington, D. C., were on the memorandum of amicus curiae, Committee for Humane Legislation, Inc., in support of appellants' motion for summary reversal.

Before LEVENTHAL, ROBINSON and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.


ORDER

PER CURIAM.

This cause came on for consideration of appellants' motion for summary reversal and appellees' motion to dismiss and the Court heard argument of counsel.

The Court is of the view that it has jurisdiction of the appeal from the order requiring the Secretary of State to file an objection. The Court is further of the view that this order should be vacated. The District Court assumed that there would be no injury to the United States...

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