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AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION v. LAIRD

No. 71-1159.

463 F.2d 499 (1972)

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, a non-profit corporation, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Melvin R. LAIRD, Secretary of Defense, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 23, 1972.

Rehearing Denied July 12, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Polikoff, Bernard Weisberg, Henry L. Mason III, Joel J. Sprayregen, Thomas N. Todd, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

James R. Thompson, U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge, and STEVENS and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.

STEVENS, Circuit Judge.

In this class action plaintiffs claim that the United States Army collects and retains more information about civilians than it needs. They pray for an injunction against the Army's massive domestic intelligence operation because it discourages the free expression of ideas.

Plaintiffs are members of the class represented by Arlo Tatum and other named plaintiffs in litigation commenced in the United States District Court for the District...

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