ARMSTRONG v. BUSH

Civ. A. No. 89-142.

721 F.Supp. 343 (1989)

Scott ARMSTRONG, et al., Plaintiffs, v. George H.W. BUSH, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

September 15, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine A. Meyer, Patti A. Goldman, Alan B. Morrison, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., Kate Martin, American Civil Liberties Union, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

David J. Anderson, Elizabeth A. Pugh, Mona S. Butler, Jeffrey G. Knowles, with whom Stuart E. Schiffer was on the briefs, Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty. for the District of Columbia, on the briefs, for defendants.


CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.

Broadly put, the issue before the Court is whether a private plaintiff may seek the assistance of a federal court to ensure that the President of the United States complies with any of several recordkeeping statutes pertaining to presidential records. Put more narrowly, the issue — one of first impression—is whether the plaintiffs here may challenge, under the Presidential Records Act, 44 U.S.C. § 2201 et seq...

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