Legal Opinion
John Doe, Inc. v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 15, 2008No. Docket 07-4943-cvPublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal concerns challenges to the constitutionality of statutes regulating the issuance by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) of a type of administrative subpoena generally known as a National Security Letter (“NSL”) to electronic communication service providers (“ECSPs”). See 18 U.S.C. §§ 2709, 3511 (collectively “the NSL statutes”). ECSPs are typically telephone companies or Internet service providers. An NSL, in the context of this appeal, 1 is a request for information about specified persons or entities who are subscribers to an ECSP and about…
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