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DORNAN v. U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

No. 88-5038.

851 F.2d 450 (1988)

Robert K. DORNAN, U.S. Congressman, et al., Appellants v. UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 19, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl L. Shipley, Washington, D.C., for appellants.

Michael Jay Singer, Robert K. Rasmussen, Attys., Dept. of Justice, with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Bolton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., were on the motion for appellees.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, MIKVA and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges.

ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY AFFIRMANCE

PER CURIAM:

Appellants, fifteen members of the House of Representatives and one Senator, have appealed the dismissal of their complaint by the district court. Naming various Cabinet members and the President of the United States as defendants, appellants sought a declaration that the President's "submission" to a congressional "usurpation" of his foreign policy responsibilities was an "unconstitutional abdication of duty...

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