CUMMOCK v. GORE

No. 98-5427.

180 F.3d 282 (1999)

M. Victoria CUMMOCK, Appellant, v. Albert GORE, Jr., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 18, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert L. Fenster argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were Michael J. Haungs and Todd A. Suko.

Michael S. Raab, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were David W. Ogden, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Wilma A. Lewis, U.S. Attorney, Mark B. Stern, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Nancy E. McFadden, General Counsel, U.S. Department of Transportation, Paul M. Geier, Assistant General Counsel, and Peter J. Plocki, Senior Trial Attorney.

Before: EDWARDS, Chief Judge, WALD and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge EDWARDS.

Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.

EDWARDS, Chief Judge:

On August 22, 1996, in the aftermath of the TWA Flight 800 air disaster, President Clinton established the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security ("Commission"). The Commission was chaired by Vice President Gore and included among its members appellant M. Victoria Cummock, who was widowed in the 1988 Pan Am Flight...

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