COM. OF PUERTO RICO, EX REL. SECRETARY v. RUMSFELD

No. CIV.A. 01-886(GK).

180 F.Supp.2d 145 (2002)

THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, by the SECRETARY OF JUSTICE, Plaintiff, v. Donald H. RUMSFELD, Secretary of Defense, Hon. Gordon England, Secretary of the Navy, and Admiral Vern Clark, Chief of Naval Operations, Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

January 2, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene D. Gulland, Jarrett Austin Williams, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Anabelle Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Dept. of Justice, San Juan, PR, for plaintiff.

Angeline Purdy, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendant.

Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General's Office, Hartford, CT, for movant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

KESSLER, District Judge.

Plaintiff, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Commonwealth"), brings this action to enjoin the United States Navy's military training operations on the Island of Vieques, a municipality of the Commonwealth. Defendants are Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense; Gordon England, Secretary of the Navy; and Admiral Vern Clark, Chief of Naval Operations. Plaintiff...

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