Legal Opinion
Bertram Zweibon v. John N. Mitchell, Individually and as Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 21, 1983No. 82-1626PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge MacKINNON.
Dissenting opinion filed by Senior Circuit Judge SWYGERT.
MacKINNON, Senior Circuit Judge:
This is our fourth foray into this protracted litigation. Past history notwithstanding, this decision should dispose of the matter.
Appellants, members of the Jewish Defense League (JDL), brought this action in 1971 against John N. Mitchell,1 who as Attorney General authorized warrantless electronic surveillance of the JDL during 1970 and 1971. Appellants now challenge the district court’s order, entered after our third remand, which dismissed…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Butz v. EconomouSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Chevron Oil Co. v. HusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by99 opinions
- Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Hobson v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Morton H. Halperin v. Henry A. KissingerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
- Felix E. Capoeman v. Amos ReedCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Schaefer v. Las Cruces Public School DistrictDistrict Court, D. New Mexico · 2010
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