NEW YORK TIMES CO. v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

Docket Nos. 14-4432-cv, 14-4764-cv.

806 F.3d 682 (2015)

The NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, Charlie Savage, Scott Shane, American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, United States Department of Defense, Central Intelligence Agency, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: October 22, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. McCraw , The New York Times Company, New York, N.Y. ( Jeremy A. Kutner , New York, N.Y., on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants The New York Times Company, Charlie Savage, and Scott Shane.

Jameel Jaffer , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, N.Y. (Hina Shamsi, Dror Ladin , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, N.Y., Eric Ruzicka , Colin Wicker , Michael Weinbeck , Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, Minn., on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants American Civil Liberties Union and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation.

Sarah S. Normand , Asst. U.S. Atty., New York, N.Y. ( Preet Bharara , U.S. Atty., New York, NY, Benjamin C. Mizer , Acting Asst. U.S. Atty. General, Matthew M. Collette , Sharon Swingle , Thomas Pulham , Civil Division, U.S. Dep't of Justice, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.

( Lawrence S. Lustberg , Joseph A. Pace , Gibbons P.C., Newark NJ, for amici curiae Senators Ron Wyden, Rand Paul, Jeff Merkley, and Martin Heinrich, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants).

Before: NEWMAN, CABRANES, and POOLER, Circuit Judges.


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