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COMMITTEE OF U.S. CITIZENS IN NICARAGUA v. REAGAN

No. 87-5053.

859 F.2d 929 (1988)

COMMITTEE OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS LIVING IN NICARAGUA, et al., Appellants, v. Ronald Wilson REAGAN, President of the United States, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 14, 1988.

As Amended December 16, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jules Lobel, David Cole, Washington, D.C., Michael Ratner, Springfield, Mass., and Jim Klimaski were on the brief for appellants. Lynn I. Miller, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellants.

Mark B. Stern, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Leonard Schaitman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees. Robert E. Kopp, Alfred R. Mollin, and Douglas N. Letter, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., also entered appearances for appellees.

Michael Maggio, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for amicus curiae. Unitarian Universalist Association, et al.

Before ROBINSON and MIKVA, Circuit Judges and GORDON, Senior District Judge.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.

MIKVA, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, comprising organizations and individuals who oppose United States policy in Central America, claim to have suffered physical, economic and other injuries from the war in Nicaragua. These facts form the backdrop to this lawsuit.

The suit finds its genesis, however, in a 1986 decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which held that America's support of...

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