Legal Opinion
Socialist Workers Party v. Attorney General of United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 25, 1986No. 73 Civ. 3160PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRIESA, District Judge.
I
Introduction
This is an action brought by a political organization, the Socialist Workers Party (“SWP”), its youth arm, the Young Socialist Alliance (“YSA”), and certain members of the SWP. The action is against the United States of America and certain officials of the United States.
Plaintiffs are followers of the Trotskyist branch of Marxism. They contend that they have been improperly viewed by various Government agencies as threats to national security, and have been subjected to infiltration, disruption and harassment in violation of their legal rights.…
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