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CHRISTOPHER v. HARBURY

No. 01-394.

536 U.S. 403 (2002)

CHRISTOPHER, FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE, ET AL. v. HARBURY

United States Supreme Court.

Decided June 20, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Cordray argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs was Harry Litman.

Solicitor General Olson argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With him on the brief were Assistant Attorney General McCallum, Deputy Solicitor General Clement, Patricia A. Millett, Barbara L. Herwig, and Robert M. Loeb.

Jennifer K. Harbury, respondent, argued the cause and filed a brief pro se.*

Souter, J.,delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, p. 422.

Justice Souter, delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondent-plaintiff in this case alleges that Government officials intentionally deceived her in concealing information that her husband, a foreign dissident, was being detained and tortured in his own country by military officers of his government, who were paid by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). One count of the complaint, brought after the husband's death, charges that the official deception denied respondent...

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