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· 4/10/1980

William W. Winpisinger v. Jack Watson, Secretary of the Cabinet and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs

Citations

  • 628 F.2d 133
  • 202 U.S. App. D.C. 133
  • 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 18795

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  • holding that supporters of Senator Edward Kennedy lacked standing to challenge results of primary where their injury resulted from “their inability to persuade people to vote for Senator Kennedy”
  • “It is axiomatic that the request for declaratory relief is discretionary with the court, and that the request should be denied where ‘it will not . . . serve a useful purpose.’”

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Judges: Robinson, MacKinnon

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