Legal Opinion
Tarkel v. at & T Corp.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided July 25, 2006No. Case 06 C 2837PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
KENNELLY, District Judge.
This case is one of a number of suits filed in federal courts around the country in which the plaintiffs contend that AT & T Corp. and affiliated entities have illegally provided information about customer telephone calls and Internet communications to the National Security Agency. Some of the cases have been stayed; a few, including this one, have not. The government has intervened in the cases that are being litigated and has sought dismissal pursuant to the “state secrets” privilege, contending that allowing the cases to be litigated…
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