NATIONAL BLACK POLICE ASS'N v. VELDE

No. 77-1273.

631 F.2d 784 (1980)

NATIONAL BLACK POLICE ASSOCIATION et al., Appellants, v. Richard W. VELDE, Individually and in his official capacity as Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Admin., et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 14, 1980.

Rehearing Denied August 1, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett Boskey, Washington, D. C., was on brief, for appellee, Levi.

E. Richard Larson, New York City, with whom William E. Caldwell, Washington, D. C., was on brief, for appellants.

Barbara L. Herwig, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Robert K. Kopp, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Senior Circuit Judge, TAMM, Circuit Judge and PARKER, United States District Court Judge for the District of Columbia.


Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge BAZELON.

Opinion concurring in part, concurring in result in part, and dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge TAMM.

BAZELON, Senior Circuit Judge:

Appellants, twelve individuals and an organization,1 appeal the district court's dismissal of their complaint. They alleged that federal agencies and officials unlawfully failed...

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