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SPECTER v. GARRETT

Civ. A. No. 91-4322.

777 F.Supp. 1226 (1991)

Sen. Arlen SPECTER, et al. v. H. Lawrence GARRETT, III, Secretary of the Navy, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

November 1, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Pittinsky, Bruce W. Kauffman, Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish & Kauffman, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Vincent M. Garvey, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., David J. Anderson, Mark W. Batten, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BUCKWALTER, District Judge.

I will grant the defendants' motion to dismiss because:

(a) the statute precludes judicial review; and

(b) the political question doctrine forecloses judicial intervention.

A. THE STATUTE PRECLUDES JUDICIAL REVIEW

Plaintiffs have asserted that their right to judicial review for Counts I and II arises under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 551-706 (1977...

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