U.S. TELECOM ASS'N v. F.B.I.

No. 00-5386.

276 F.3d 620 (2002)

UNITED STATES TELECOM ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 18, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Stephen Hut Jr. argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were John H. Harwood II, Samir C. Jain, Lawrence E. Sarjeant, Linda L. Kent and John W. Hunter.

Anne Murphy, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellees. With her on the brief were Kenneth L. Wainstein, U.S. Attorney, and Douglas N. Letter, Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice. Daniel L. Kaplan, Counsel, entered an appearance.

Before: GINSBURG, Chief Judge, HENDERSON, Circuit Judge, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.

STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge:

Electronic eavesdropping has historically proceeded on a basis of cooperation between law enforcement authorities and telephone service providers. In 1970 Congress regularized the relationship somewhat by providing that a court order for electronic surveillance should, at the request of the officer applying for...

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