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COMMON CAUSE v. JUDICIAL ETHICS COM.

Civ. A. No. 79-1393.

473 F.Supp. 1251 (1979)

COMMON CAUSE et al., Plaintiffs, v. JUDICIAL ETHICS COMMITTEE et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 26, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth J. Guido, Jr., Ellen G. Block, and Donald J. Simon, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., Neil H. Koslowe, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.

This case presents the Court with interesting questions of comity and subject matter jurisdiction. Plaintiff, Common Cause, is a non-profit membership organization organized to promote social welfare and civic betterment. It is joined in this suit by two private citizens, David Cohen and Nan Waterman. Together, they seek to compel the defendants, the Judicial Ethics Committee ("JEC") and its chairman...

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