FEDERAL DEFENDERS OF SAN DIEGO v. U.S. SENT. COM'N

Civ. A. No. 87-3161.

680 F.Supp. 26 (1988)

FEDERAL DEFENDERS OF SAN DIEGO INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

February 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan B. Morrison, Patti A. Goldman, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Joseph di Genova, U.S. Atty., David J. Anderson, Douglas N. Letter, John DePue, Thomas Millet, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., John R. Steer, Gen. Counsel, U.S. Sentencing Com'n, Washington, D.C., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SPORKIN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs in this case, the Federal Defenders of San Diego and the Federal Public Defender for the Middle District of Tennessee, two organizations of criminal defense lawyers, have brought suit to challenge the constitutionality of the sentencing guidelines issued by defendant United States Sentencing Commission.1 Although there...

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