Legal Opinion
Sara Blackburn v. Guy L. Goodwin, and John J. Kearney, Lewis Cole v. Guy L. Goodwin, and John J. Kearney
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 10, 1979No. 696, Docket 78-7592PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MULLIGAN, Circuit Judge:
In two actions brought in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York individual plaintiffs complained that the defendants, former and present F.B.I. employees, either participated in or authorized the wiretapping of their conversations, the breaking and entering of their homes, and the opening of their mail in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2511, 2520, the First, Fourth and Ninth Amendments, as well as the New York common law right of privacy. These allegedly unlawful activities by F.B.I. agents and employees relate to the investigation from 1970…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Butz v. EconomouSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Land v. DollarSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Barr v. MatteoSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Webster v. FallSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Stafford v. BriggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Gilbert v. DaGrossaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Gilbert v. DagrossaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Tanvir v. FNU TanzinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2018
- Clark v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1980
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