SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY v. ATTY. GEN. OF U. S.

No. 73 Civ. 3160.

463 F.Supp. 515 (1978)

SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY et al., Plaintiffs, v. ATTORNEY GENERAL of the UNITED STATES et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

December 15, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard B. Boudin, Margaret Winter, Mary B. Pike, Rabinowitz, Boudin & Standard, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Robert B. Fiske, Jr., U. S. Atty., S. D. N. Y., by Thomas E. Moseley, Stuart Parker, Frank H. Wohl, New York City, for defendants.


OPINION

GRIESA, District Judge.

On June 20, 1978 defendant United States of America filed a motion:

". . . for an order pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure dismissing the damage claims in the Second Amended complaint with respect to informant activity for lack of subject matter jurisdiction."

The "informant activity" referred to relates to informants used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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