United States DC Circuit

Court found plaintiff's 5th Amendment Due Process challenge to a restriction on the granting of an airman certificate to any person suspected of terrorist activity was moot and non-justicable, because the regulations were "effectively dead."

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/30/2004
• Decided 06/14/2004
• Published 06/14/2004

Judges

• Before:  ROGERS, TATEL, and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kathy L. Krieger and John E. Wells argued the cause for petitioners.   With them on the briefs were Jonathan A. Cohen, Arthur M. Luby, Roland P. Wilder Jr., and Katherine A. McDonough.  James W. Johnson entered an appearance.


• For Appellees:
  
• E. Roy Hawkens, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for respondents.   With him on the brief were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, and Douglas N. Letter and Catherine Y. Hancock, Attorneys.