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AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCHES IN THE U.S.A. v. MEESE

No. C-85-3255 RFP.

666 F.Supp. 1358 (1987)

AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCHES IN THE U.S.A., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Edwin MEESE III, and Alan Nelson, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

March 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen Yaroshefsky, Morton Stavis, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York City, Marc Van Der Hout, Abby Ginzberg, National Lawyers Guild, Ephraim Margolin, Sandra Coliver, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Joseph P. Russoniello, U.S. Atty., Andrew M. Wolfe, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PECKHAM, Chief Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Defendants Edwin Meese III, Attorney General of the United States, and Alan Nelson, Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, move to dismiss this case for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.

BACKGROUND

This case is brought by two groups of plaintiffs, each of which asserts distinct and independent causes of action. The first group...

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