REGAN v. WALD

No. 83-436.

468 U.S. 222 (1984)

REGAN, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, ET AL. v. WALD ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 28, 1984


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Solicitor General Bator argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Lee, Acting Assistant Attorney General Willard, Carolyn F. Corwin, Michael F. Hertz, and Davis R. Robinson.

Leonard B. Boudin argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Eric Lieberman, Charles S. Sims, Burt Neuborne, Michael Ratner, Jules Lobel, and Harold A. Mayerson.*

Herbert Semmel filed a brief for the United National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States et al. as amici curiae.


JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondents are American citizens who want to travel to Cuba. They are inhibited from doing so by a Treasury Department regulation, first promulgated in 1963, which prohibits any transaction involving property in which Cuba, or any national thereof, has "any interest of any nature whatsoever, direct or indirect." 31 CFR § 515.201(b) (1983) (Regulation 201(b)). For a period of about five years, "transactions...

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