Hiram B. Ely v. Richard W. Velde, Associate Administrator, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, Natural Resources Defense Council, Amicus Curiae

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · Decided 1971-11-08

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SOBELOFF, Senior Circuit Judge: This appeal calls upon us to consider an alleged conflict between several recently-formulated federal policies. On the one hand, there is a congressional commitment against federal interference with a state’s use of federal funds allocated to it for law enforcement; and, on the other, there are congr…

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