WORTH v. JACKSON

No. 05-5321.

451 F.3d 854 (2006)

Dennis R. WORTH, Appellant v. Alphonso JACKSON, Secretary, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and Cari M. Dominguez, Chair, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 23, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Rosman argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.

Matthew M. Collette, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, and Marleigh D. Dover, Attorney.

Before: ROGERS, TATEL, and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.

TATEL, Circuit Judge.

Three inter-related judicial doctrines — standing, mootness, and ripeness — ensure that federal courts assert jurisdiction only over "Cases" and "Controversies." U.S. Const. art. III, § 2. In a rare justiciability hat trick, this case implicates all three. At issue is a white male employee's challenge to a government agency's affirmative action policy that allegedly...

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