Legal Opinion
Sandvig v. Sessions
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 27, 2020No. Civil Action No. 2016-1368Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHRISTIAN W. SANDVIG, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 16-1368 (JDB) 1 WILLIAM P. BARR, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the United States, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiffs are academic researchers who intend to test whether employment websites discriminate based on race and gender. In order to do so, they plan to provide false information to target websites, in violation of these websites’ terms of service. Plaintiffs bring a pre-enforcement challenge, alleging that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act…
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