Legal Opinion

Lacson v. United States Department of Homeland Security

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided July 30, 2013No. 11-1447PublishedCited by 59 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge GARLAND.

GARLAND, Chief Judge:

Like many people, Jose Lacson posted things online that he should not have. The problem is that, unlike most people, Lac-son was a Federal Air Marshal. And the things he posted did not concern relationships gone awry or parties that he should have avoided. Instead, he wrote about the number of air marshals the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) had hired in recent years, the locations of their assignments, and the rates of attrition at various TSA field offices. Upon discovering Lacson’s online pastime, TSA…

2Cases cited19 opinions

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  3. Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
  4. United States v. FaustoSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  5. Lindahl v. Office of Personnel ManagementSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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