Legal Opinion

Jewel v. National Security Agency

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided December 29, 2011No. 10-15616, 10-15638PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:

This case is one of many arising from claims that the federal government, with the assistance of major telecommunications companies, engaged in widespread warrantless eavesdropping in the United States following the September 11, 2001, attacks. At issue in this appeal is whether Carolyn Jewel and other residential telephone customers (collectively “Jewel”) have standing to bring their statutory and constitutional claims against the government for what they describe as a communications dragnet of ordinary American citizens.

In light of detailed allegations and…

2Cases cited24 opinions

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