Legal Opinion
John Sinclair v. Richard G. Kleindienst
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 24, 1983No. 82-1970PublishedCited by 190 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge MacKINNON.
MacKINNON,
Senior Circuit Judge:
In 1973, appellants Sinclair, Plamondon and Forrest sued two Attorney Generals, the Director and three unnamed agents of the FBI, and the President of the United States claiming damages for alleged violation of their constitutional and statutory rights arising out of certain electronic telephone surveillance of the Black Panther Party in California in the year 1969. Over the years, decisions of the district court and this court have resulted in the dismissal of all claims against the original…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Burnett v. New York Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Marve A. Dubin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- John Sinclair, Lawrence "Pun" Plamondon, John Waterhouse Forrest v. Richard G. KleindienstCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
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