Legal Opinion
David Linder v. National Security Agency
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 6, 1996No. 95-5291PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Senior Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.
BUCKLEY, Senior Circuit Judge:
Appellants ask us to reverse a district court order granting the National Security Agency’s motion to quash their third-party subpoena duces tecum. Based on the agency’s examination of a representative sample of the requested documents, the court had concluded that virtually all of them were privileged and that compliance with the subpoena would have been unduly burdensome. Because the agency’s claim of privilege was valid and its sampling of the documents properly conducted, we hold that the court’s…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Robert G. Vaughn v. Bernard Rosen, Executive Director, United States Civil Service CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Ratzlaf v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Hayden v. National Security Agency/Central Security ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- The Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, D. C., Inc. v. National Security AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Northrop Corporation v. McDonnell Douglas CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by46 opinions
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- Moore v. BushDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2009
- Linder, David v. Calero-PortocarreroCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1998
- New York Times Co. v. United States Department of DefenseDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2007
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