VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, et al.
v.
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, Appellant (Two Cases).
VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, et al., Appellants,
v.
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 23, 1987.
Decided March 29, 1988.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Edward R. Cohen, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Douglas Letter, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for Secretary of the Navy, appellant in Nos. 86-5547 and 86-5676 and appellee in No. 86-5577. Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and William Kanter, Freddi Lipstein and Mary T. Koehmstedt, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., also entered appearances for Secretary of the Navy.
Michael J. McDonald, with whom Barton F. Stichman, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for Vietnam Veterans of America, et al., appellees in No. 86-5577 and cross-appellants in Nos. 86-5547 and 86-5676. David F. Addlestone, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for Vietnam Veterans of America, et al.
Before BUCKLEY and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and HOGAN, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
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