Legal Opinion
Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, Inc. v. Obama
District Court, N.D. California
Decided March 31, 2010No. MDL Docket No. 06-1791 VRW; Case No. C 07-0109 VRWPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
VAUGHN R. WALKER, Chief Judge.
SUMMARY OF DECISION
Plaintiffs seek an order finding defendants civilly liable to them under section 1810 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA”), 50 USC §§ 1801-71, for eavesdropping on their telephone conversations without a FISA warrant. In the course of lengthy proceedings in this court and the court of appeals, described more fully in the decision that follows, this court determined that: FISA affords civil remedies to “aggrieved persons” who can show they were subjected to warrantless domestic national security…
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- American Civil Liberties Union v. National Security AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2007
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- In Re National Security Agency Telecommunications Records LitigationDistrict Court, N.D. California · 2010