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ACORN v. U.S.

No. 09-cv-4888 (NG).

662 F.Supp.2d 285 (2009)

ACORN; Acorn Institute, Inc.; and New York Acorn Housing Company, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. United States of America; Shaun Donovan, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development; Peter Orszag, Director, Office of Management and Budget; and Timothy Geithner, Secretary of the Department of Treasury of the United States, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

December 11, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darius Charney, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.

OPINION AND ORDER

GERSHON, District Judge:

The plaintiffs in this case, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. ("ACORN") and two of its affiliates, challenge as an unconstitutional bill of attainder a continuing appropriations resolution enacted by Congress that bars ACORN and its affiliates, subsidiaries, and allied organizations from receiving federal funding from the government, even under its ongoing contracts with federal...

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