Legal Opinion
Snepp v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 14, 1980No. 78-1871PublishedCited by 278 opinions
1Per curiam
In No. 78-1871, Prank W. Snepp III seeks review of a judgment enforcing an agreement that he signed when he accepted employment with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He also contends that punitive damages are an inappropriate remedy for the breach of his promise to submit all writings about the Agency for prepublication review. In No. 79-265, the United States conditionally cross petitions from a judgment refusing to find that profits attributable to Snepp’s breach .are impressed with a constructive trust. We grant the petitions for certiorari in order to correct the judgment from which…
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