UNITED STATES v. CAVANAGH

No. 85-5133.

807 F.2d 787 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas Patrick CAVANAGH, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 5, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary C. Lawton, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Manuel U. Araujo, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Before KENNEDY, SCHROEDER, and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges.


KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:

This case requires us to determine whether government surveillance complied with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), 50 U.S.C. §§ 1801-1811 (1982), and whether the procedures established by the Act are consistent with the United States Constitution.

Pursuant to a wiretap authorized under FISA, government officers intercepted a telephone conversation in which appellant Thomas Patrick Cavanagh offered to...

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