No. 09-4209 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALSFOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT________________________CHARLES KERCHNER, JR., et al.,Plaintiffs-Appellants,v.BARACK OBAMA, et al., Defendants-Appellees._______________________ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTFOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY________________________BRIEF FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES________________________TONY WESTAssistant Attorney GeneralPAUL J. FISHMANUnited States AttorneyMARK B. STERN(202) 514-5089ERIC FLEISIG-GREENE(202) 514-4815Attorneys, Appellate StaffCivil Division, Room 7214U.S. Department of Justice950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.Washington, DC 20530-0001
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STATEMENT OF JURISDICTION....................1STATEMENT OF THE ISSUE PRESENTED................2STATEMENT OF THE CASE......................2STATEMENT OF THE FACTS.....................3STATEMENT OF RELATED CASES AND PROCEEDINGS...........5SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT ....................6ARGUMENT............................7I.STANDARD OF REVIEW.....................7II.PLAINTIFFS CANNOT DEMONSTRATE A CONCRETE ANDPARTICULARIZED INJURY, AS ARTICLE III REQUIRES.......7CONCLUSION..........................14CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCECERTIFICATE OF BAR MEMBERSHIP, E-BRIEF COMPLIANCE, VIRUS CHECKCERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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Allen v. Soetoro, No. 10-15290 (9th Cir.)............5Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1962).............5, 13Barnett v. Obama, No. 09-0082, ___ F. Supp. 2d ___,2009 WL 3861788 (C.D. Cal. Oct. 29, 2009)..........13Berg v. Obama, 586 F.3d 234 (3d Cir. 2009)......5-9, 11-12Berg v. Obama, No. 08-4340, Order of Dec. 9, 2008 (3d Cir.)..13Berg v. Obama, No. 09-5362 (D.C. Cir.).............6Drake v. Obama, Nos. 09-56827, 10-55084 (9th Cir.) (consol.)..5Ex Parte Levitt, 302 U.S. 633 (1937) (per curiam)........9FEC v. Akins, 524 U.S. 11 (1998)...............11Hollister v. Soetoro,Nos. 09-5080, 09-5161 (D.C. Cir.) (consol.)..........6In Re Super American Grand Jury, No. 09-346 (D.D.C.)......6Keyes v. Bowen, No. C062321 (Cal. 3d App. Dist.)........6L. Singer & Sons v. Union Pac. R.R. Co.,311 U.S. 295 (1940).....................11Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife,504 U.S. 555 (1992)..............4, 6, 8-9, 11-12Massachusetts v. EPA, 549 U.S. 497 (2007)..........10-11Minn. State Bd. for Cmty. Colls. v. Knight,465 U.S. 271 (1984).....................13Nixon v. United States, 506 U.S. 224 (1993)..........13Rhodes v. MacDonald, No. 09-15418 (11th Cir.).........5-6Schlesinger v. Reservists Comm. To Stop the War,418 U.S. 208 (1974)....................9-10Storino v. Borough of Point Pleasant Beach,322 F.3d 293 (3d Cir. 2003).................12ii
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KERCHNER v OBAMA (APPEAL) - ELECTRONIC BRIEF on behalf of Appellees - Transport Room
03/08/2010 Open Document ECF FILER: ELECTRONIC BRIEF on behalf of Appellees Dick Cheney, Congress of US, House Represenatives, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, US Senate and USA, filed. Certificate of Service dated 03/08/2010 by email. (EF)
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