Legal Opinion
Daniel Ellsberg, v John N. Mitchell
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 7, 1983No. 82-1085PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.
Separate opinion, concurring in part and dissenting in part, filed by Circuit Judge MacKINNON.
HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:
At issue in this appeal is the validity of the District Court’s treatment of one aspect of a constitutional tort action, in which the plaintiffs seek compensation for injuries sustained through their exposure to war-rantless electronic surveillance. Two questions are presented: Did the District Court err in upholding a formal claim of “state secrets” privilege entered by the United States in opposition to…
2Cases cited45 opinions
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- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Wood v. StricklandSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by127 opinions
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- United States v. Randolph WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- Daniel Molerio v. Federal Bureau of InvestigationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
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