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JACOBS v. BARR

No. 91-5061.

959 F.2d 313 (1992)

Arthur D. JACOBS, Appellant, v. William P. BARR, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 27, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greta Van Susteren, with whom John P. Coale, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Irving Gornstein, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellees.

Willard K. Tom, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for amici curiae, urging that this Court affirm the District Court's decision to dismiss Mr. Jacobs's complaint.

Before: MIKVA, Chief Judge, EDWARDS and RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge MIKVA.

MIKVA, Chief Judge:

Fifty years ago, President Roosevelt authorized his Secretary of War to send Japanese Americans to internment camps solely because of their race. Four years ago, Congress passed a Civil Liberties Act to compensate the victims of the policy, and to apologize for the "grave injustice" they had suffered. 50 App. U.S.C. § 1989a(a). Today, Arthur Jacobs, an American citizen who says he was...

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