Legal Opinion
Driver v. Helms
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided October 17, 1975No. Civ. A. 750224PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
PETTINE, Chief Judge.
This case involves claims by plaintiffs and the class they purportedly represent for money damages and injunctive and declaratory relief against some thirty present and former officials of the United States government for allegedly participating in and/or concealing a twenty-year program of opening first-class mail particularly to and from the Soviet Union. Plaintiffs contend that this program constitutes an unconstitutional invasion of their privacy and a violation of their rights under the First and Fourth Amendments to the United States Constitution.
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Landis v. North American Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- United States v. KordelSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Ellis Campbell, Jr., District Director of Internal Revenue v. J. M. Eastland and Montez EastlandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Aeronautical Communications Equipment, Inc. v. PierceSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- David Dellinger v. John N. Mitchell, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Favaloro v. S/S GOLDEN GATEDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1987
- Driver v. HelmsDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1977
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co.District Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1978
- Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, D. C., Inc. v. KelleyDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1977
- United States v. Hugo Key and Son, Inc.District Court, D. Rhode Island · 1987
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