Sen. Arlen SPECTER; Sen. Harris Wofford; Sen. Bill Bradley; Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg; Governor Robert P. Casey; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Ernest D. Preate, Jr., Pennsylvania Attorney General; Rep. Curt Weldon, Rep. Thomas Foglietta; Rep. Robert Andrews; Rep. R. Lawrence Coughlin; City of Philadelphia; Howard J. Landry; International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 3, William F. Reil; Metal Trades Council, Local 687 Machinists; Governor James J. Florio; State of New Jersey; Robert J. Del Tufo, New Jersey Attorney General; Governor Michael N. Castle; State of Delaware; Rep. Peter H. Kostmeyer; Rep. Robert A. Borski, Ronald Warrington; Planners Estimators Progressman & Schedulers Union Local No. 2
v.
H. Lawrence GARRETT, III, Secretary of the Navy; Richard Cheney, Secretary of Defense; The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, and its Members; James A. Courter; William L. Ball, III; Howard H. Callaway; Duane H. Cassidy; Arthur Levitt, Jr.; James C. Smith, II; Robert D. Stuart, Jr.,
U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, U.S. Sen. Harris Wofford, U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley, U.S. Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, Governor Robert P. Casey, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Attorney General Ernest D. Preate, Jr., Governor James J. Florio, the State of New Jersey, New Jersey Attorney General Robert J. Del Tufo, Governor Michael N. Castle, the State of Delaware, U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon, U.S. Rep. Thomas Foglietta, U.S. Rep. Robert E. Andrews, U.S. Rep. R. Lawrence Coughlin, U.S. Rep. Peter H. Kostmayer, U.S. Rep. Robert A. Borski, the City of Philadelphia, Howard J. Landry, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 3, William F. Reil, Metals Trades Council, Local 687, Machinists, Ronald Warrington, the Planners Estimators Progressman & Schedulers Union, Local No. 2, Appellants.
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Reargued February 24, 1993.
Decided May 18, 1993.
Sur Petition for Rehearing June 14, 1993.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Bruce W. Kauffman (argued), David H. Pittinsky, Camille Wolf Spiniello, Patrick T. Davish, Mark A. Nation, Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish & Kauffman, Philadelphia, PA (Senator Arlen Specter (argued), of counsel), for appellants.
Ernest D. Preate, Jr., Atty. Gen., Louis J. Rovelli, Executive Deputy Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, PA, for Com. of Pennsylvania and Ernest D. Preate, Jr.
Robert J. Del Tufo, Atty. Gen. of New Jersey, Jack M. Sabatino, Asst. Atty. Gen. of the State of New Jersey, Howard J. McCoach, Deputy Atty. Gen. for the State of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ, for State of N.J., Governor James J. Florio and Robert J. Del Tufo.
Charisse Lillie, Sol. for the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, for City of Philadelphia.
Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael M. Baylson, U.S. Atty., Douglas N. Letter (argued), Scott R. McIntosh, Jennifer H. Zacks, Attorneys, Appellate Staff, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for appellees.
BEFORE: STAPLETON, SCIRICA and ALITO, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
STAPLETON, Circuit Judge:
This action to enjoin the defendants from carrying out a decision to close the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard is before us for the second time. In our initial opinion in this case, Specter v. Garrett,971 F.2d 936 (3d Cir.1992), we held, inter alia, that plaintiffs' claim that the closing of the Shipyard would be illegal...
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