Legal Opinion
Socialist Workers Party v. Attorney General of the United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 24, 1974No. 638, Docket 74-2640PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Per curiam
In this action, filed in the District Court for the Southern District of New York in July, 1973, the Socialist Workers Party (SWP), its youth-arm, Young Socialist Alliance (YSA), and several members sought wide ranging injunctive and monetary relief against a large number of Government officials with respect to alleged activities directed against the two organizations. Various pretrial steps had been taken, and trial early in 1975 appeared to be in prospect. On October 25, 1974, plaintiffs moved for what was styled a “preliminary” injunction restraining the Director of the Federal Bureau of…
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