Legal Opinion
In Re National Security Agency Telecommunications Records Litigation
District Court, N.D. California
Decided June 3, 2009No. MDL Docket 06-1791 VRWPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
VAUGHN R. WALKER, Chief Judge.
The United States has moved to dismiss “all claims against the electronic communication service providers” in the cases in this multidistrict litigation (MDL) matter brought by individuals against telecommunications companies. Doc. # 469 at 28. The single ground for dismissal in the government’s motion is section 802 of FISA, part of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, Pub. L. No. 110-261,122 Stat 2436 (FISAAA), enacted July 10, 2008 and codified at 50 U.S.C. § 1885a. In response to the government’s motion to dismiss, plaintiffs, alleged to be customers of the…
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Electronic Frontier Foundation v. Office of the Director of National IntelligenceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010
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