Legal Opinion
United States v. Belfield
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 5, 1982No. Nos. 81-2152, 81-2155PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILKEY.
WILKEY, Circuit Judge:
This appeal is taken from a determination by the district court that certain electronic surveillance to which appellants were incidentally subject was legal under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.1 The district court made that determination ex parte after examination of an in camera Exhibit. Appellants challenge the procedures followed by the district court on both statutory and constitutional grounds. We affirm.
I. Background
A. Factual Background
Appellants, Horace Butler and Ali Abdul-Mani, were charged…
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