Attorney General of the United States of America v. Irish Northern Aid Committee

In this appeal, the Irish Northern Aid Committee (“INAC”) challenges the District Court’s determination that INAC is an “agent of a foreign principal” under § 1(c)(1) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, 22 U.S.C. § 611(c)(1) (1976), 1 and that INAC’s foreign principal is the Irish Republican Army (“IRA”). 2 The District Court for the Southern District of New York (Charles S. Haight, Jr., Judge) made this determination and granted summary judgment for plaintiff Attorney General of the United States in plaintiff’s suit to enjoin INAC from violating various provisions of…