Legal Opinion
John Doe v. Richard B. Cheney, Secretary of Department of Defense
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 12, 1989No. 86-5395PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge WALD.
WALD, Chief Judge:
This case is before us on remand from the Supreme Court. The questions presented are whether the National Security Agency (NSA), in removing appellant John Doe from his job as a cryptographic technician, violated its own regulations and infringed Doe’s constitutional rights.
This litigation began in 1985 when Doe brought suit in federal district court against Secretary of Defense Caspar Wein-berger and Lieutenant General William E. Odom, Director of NSA. Doe claimed that NSA’s decision to withdraw his access to classified…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Bishop v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Webster v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Department of the Navy v. EganSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Jane Doe v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by46 opinions
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- Vincent B. Orange, Sr. v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1995
- United States Information Agency v. Jan KrcCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
- Stehney v. PerryDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1995
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