Mtn State Leg FDN v. Bush George

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U.S. DC Circuit Court of Appeals

MTN ST LEG FDN v Bush George

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

Argued September 3, 2002 Decided October 18, 2002

No. 01-5421

Mountain States Legal Foundation and

the Blue Ribbon Coalition, Inc.,

Appellants

v.

George W. Bush, in his official capacity as

President of the United States of America, et al.,

Appellees

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the District of Columbia

(No. 00cv02072)

Near the end of his second term in office, President Clinton exercised his authority under the Antiquities Act to issue a series of Presidential Proclamations designating a handful of national monuments in the western United States. Mountain States alleged in its complaint that the President acted unconstitutionally and ultra vires under the Property Clause, U.S. Const., art. IV, § 2, cl. 2, in issuing these Proclamations.

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