KIPPERMAN v. McCONE

No. C-75-1211-CBR.

422 F.Supp. 860 (1976)

Stephanie KIPPERMAN, on behalf of Plaintiff and all persons similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. John McCONE et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. California.

October 26, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kipperman, Shawn & Keker, William A. Brockett, Jr., Friedman & Sloan, Stanley J. Friedman, Marcus S. Topel, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff.

Dennis G. Linder, Irwin Goldbloom, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., James A. Bruen, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for defendants United States and CIA.

Richard Ernst, Ernst & Daniels, San Francisco, Cal., Donald J. Cohn, James V. Kearney, Webster & Sheffield, New York City, for defendant J. Edward Day.

Jacqueline Swords, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York City, Charles E. Hanger, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant James Schlesinger.

Plato Cacheris, Hundley & Cacheris, Washington, D.C., Alvin H. Goldstein, Jr., Tuckman, Goldstein & Phillips, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant John Mitchell.

Paul R. Haerle, Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant John McCone.

John G. Milano, Milano & Cimmet, San Francisco, Cal., Seymour Glanzer, Kenneth L. Adams, Washington, D.C., for defendant William Cotter.

Kenneth L. Adams, Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, Washington, D.C., Martin Quinn, Pettit, Evers & Martin, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant Thomas Karamessines.

Charles R. Donnenfeld, Rodney F. Page, Cameron M. Blake, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, D.C., Stephen S. Mayne, Dinkelspiel, Pelavin, Steefel & Levitt, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant Richard Helms.


SECOND CORRECTED MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER

RENFREW, District Judge.

Plaintiff brought this action on her own behalf and on behalf of all those similarly situated against the United States of America and against numerous present and former federal officials. The original complaint alleged that during the period 1955 through 1973 defendants unlawfully opened the sealed first-class mail plaintiff and other members of the class sent to and received from...

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