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WILLIAMS v. PHILLIPS

Civ. A. No. 490-73.

360 F.Supp. 1363 (1973)

Senator Harrison A. WILLIAMS, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Howard J. PHILLIPS, Acting Director, Office of Economic Opportunity, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

June 11, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan B. Morrison, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., Robert S. Rankin, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., Harlington Wood, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Harland F. Leathers, John M. Kelson, Dennis G. Linder, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant.

OPINION

WILLIAM B. JONES, District Judge.

This action is brought by four United States Senators to remove the defendant, Howard J. Phillips, from his position as Acting Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO] because he has not been appointed by the President, and confirmed by the Senate, as Director of OEO, as is required by 42 U.S.C. § 2941(a) (1970). The plaintiffs, Senators Harrison A. Williams, Jr., Claiborne Pell, Walter F. Mondale...

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