United States Eleventh Circuit

With respect to international commercial agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement, the question of what constitutes a "treaty" requiring two-thirds Senate ratification presents a nonjusticiable political question.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/27/2001
• Published 02/27/2001

Judges

• BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:, Before TJOFLAT, WILSON and B. FLETCHER , Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carl B. Frankel, United Steel Workers of America, Pittsburgh, PA, Joel D. Joseph, Cabin John, MD, Jeremiah A. Collins, Bredhoff & Kaiser, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Douglas Letter, U.S. Dept. of Justice/Civil Division, Alice O'Brien, Bredhoff & Kaiser P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, Shirley I. McCarty, Birmingham, AL, for Defendant-Appellee.