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METZENBAUM v. BROWN

Civ. A. No. 78-188.

448 F.Supp. 538 (1978)

Senator Howard M. METZENBAUM et al., Plaintiffs, and Cessna Aircraft Company, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. Harold BROWN et al., Defendants, and Beech Aircraft Corporation, Defendant-Intervenor.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

March 14, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Felice D. Cohen, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs; Howard M. Metzenbaum, Cleveland, Ohio, Nathan R. Zahm, Sepulveda, Cal., of counsel.

Philip D. Bostwick, Washington, D. C., for Cessna.

Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., Karen I. Ward, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., for defendants.

Jerome Ackerman, Washington, D. C., for Beech.

MEMORANDUM

OBERDORFER, District Judge.

Senators Howard M. Metzenbaum and Barry M. Goldwater have filed this suit to enjoin Secretary of Defense Harold Brown and Secretary of the Navy Graham Claytor from purchasing 22 turboprop light utility transport airplanes (CTX aircraft) for the Navy without advertising for competitive bids. The Senators claim the purchase would violate their constitutional right to vote as Senators for the Department of Defense Appropriation...

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