McCOLLUM v. SMITH

Civ. A. No. 83-2509.

596 F.Supp. 165 (1984)

John McCOLLUM, et al., Plaintiffs, v. William French SMITH, Attorney General of the United States, and Bradford Reynolds, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice, Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

September 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Schaap, Washington, D.C., Frank E. Deale, New York City, for plaintiffs.

David J. Anderson, Barbara L. Gordon, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

THOMAS F. HOGAN, District Judge.

In this suit, the eight individual plaintiffs and the National Anti-Klan Network seek a declaratory judgment that the Department of Justice for many years under the past as well as the present administration has improperly interpreted its jurisdiction to prosecute violations of certain criminal statutes. The defendants have moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground that plaintiffs lack standing...

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