Legal Opinion
Cruikshank v. United States
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided May 9, 1977No. Civ. 76-0362PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION
SAMUEL P. KING, Chief Judge.
I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE 1
On nineteen separate occasions between 1968 and 1971, agents of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) opened and photographed sealed, first class letters mailed by plaintiff to colleagues in the Soviet Union. The opening of plaintiff’s mail was done as part of Operation HTLINGUAL, 2 a program of covert mail opening conducted by the CIA in New York from 1953 until 1973. Plaintiff alleges that the opening of his mail was conducted without a warrant, was illegal, 3 and was done by employees of the United States acting within the scope…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Dalehite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Williams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Hatahley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Laird v. NelmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Richard J. Griffin and Mary Jane Griffin, His Wife v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by13 opinions
- James B. Stanley v. Central Intelligence Agency United States Department of Defense U.S. ArmyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Fred B. Black, Jr. v. Sheraton Corporation of America Appeal of United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- De Letelier v. Republic of ChileDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1980
- Birnbaum v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1977
- Avery v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1977
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