SENATE PERM. SUBCOMM. ON INVESTIGATION v. FERRER

No. 16-5232 Consolidated with 16-5274.

856 F.3d 1080 (2017)

SENATE PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS, Appellee v. Carl FERRER, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 16, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Corn-Revere argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were Ronald G. London , Robert D. Luskin , Stephen B. Kinnaird , Jamie S. Gardner , Steven R. Ross , and Stanley M. Brand , Washington, DC.

Jessica Ring Amunson and Joshua M. Parker , Washington, DC, were on the brief for amici curiae DKT Liberty Project, et al. in support of appellant.

Karen A. Chesley , New York, NY, and David Boies were on the brief for amici curiae Legal Momentum, et al. in support of appellee.

Emma J. Llansó was on the brief for amici curiae Center for Democracy & Technology and Electronic Frontier Foundation in support of appellant.

Thomas E. Caballero , Assistant Counsel, Office of Senate Legal Counsel, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Patricia Mack Bryan , Senate Legal Counsel, Morgan J. Frankel , Deputy Senate Legal Counsel, and Grant R. Vinik , Assistant Senate Legal Counsel.

Before: Tatel, Srinivasan and Wilkins, Circuit Judges.


Carl Ferrer, Chief Executive Officer of the online advertising website Backpage.com, appeals two district court orders directing him to produce various documents in response to a subpoena issued by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. During the pendency of this appeal, however, Ferrer turned over some of the...

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