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NORTH v. WALSH

Civ. A. Nos. 87-0457, 87-0626.

656 F.Supp. 414 (1987)

Oliver L. NORTH, Plaintiff, v. Lawrence E. WALSH, Independent Counsel and Edwin Meese, III, Attorney General, Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

March 12, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry S. Simon, Brendan V. Sullivan, Jr., Terrence O'Donnell, Nicole K. Seligman, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Guy Miller Struve, Paul Friedman, Audrey Strauss, Washington, D.C., for defendant Lawrence E. Walsh.

James M. Spears, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Royce C. Lamberth, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chief, Civil Div., Robert E. Kopp, Thomas Millett, Harold J. Krent, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant Edwin Meese, III.

Steven R. Ross, Gen. Counsel to the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Charles Tiefer, Deputy Gen. Counsel to the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Janina Jaruzeiski, Janet Potts, Asst. Counsel to the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., for House Speaker and Bipartisan Leadership Group of the House, intervenor.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BARRINGTON D. PARKER, Senior District Judge:

This case, brought by plaintiff Lt. Colonel Oliver L. North, seeks declaratory and injunctive relief against implementation of certain provisions of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, Pub.L. No. 95-521, 92 Stat. 1824 (1978), 28 U.S.C. §§ 591-98 ("Ethics Act" or "Act"). The Ethics Act provides for the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate and prosecute certain members...

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