Legal Opinion
New York Times Co. v. United States Department of Justice
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 3, 2013No. Nos. 11 Civ. 9336 (CM), 12 Civ. 794 (CM)PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORRECTED OPINION GRANTING THE GOVERNMENT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ CROSS MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDG*515MENT1
COLLEEN McMAHON, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
Plaintiffs in these consolidated actions have filed Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) requests with the federal Government in order to obtain disclosure of information relating to a particular tactic that is admittedly being employed in the so-called “War on Terror” — the targeted killing of persons deemed to have ties to terrorism, some of whom may be American citizens.
Most of what is sought in the facially overbroad…
2Cases cited72 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Hamdi v. RumsfeldSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
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3Cited by18 opinions
- American Civil Liberties Union v. Central Intelligence AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2013
- New York Times Co. v. United States Deparment of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2014
- First Amendment Coalition v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2017
- American Civil Liberties Union v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2016
- Elec. Privacy Info. Ctr. v. Dep't of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2017
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