Legal Opinion
In Re United States of America, Socialist Workers Party v. The Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 11, 1977No. 1562, Docket 77-3041PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:
This action was commenced in 1973 by the Socialist Workers Party (SWP), the Young Socialist Alliance (YSA) and several individual members of these organizations. Their second amended complaint, which seeks both injunctive relief and some $40 million dollars in compensatory and punitive damages from the United States and various officials and employees, recites a litany of alleged wrongful acts on the part of the defendants beginning in 1938, including blacklisting, harassment, disruption, wiretapping, mail tampering, breaking and entering, and assault.…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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3Cited by84 opinions
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