John DOE I, John Doe II, American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
Alberto GONZALES (In Official Capacity as Attorney General), Robert S. Mueller III (In Official Capacity as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation), Marion E. Bowman (In Official Capacity as Senior Counsel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation), John Roe, Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued: November 2, 2005.
Decided: May 23, 2006.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Douglas N. Letter (Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Acting Deputy Attorney General, Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Gregory G. Katsas, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Scott R. McIntosh, Department of Justice Attorney, Washington DC; David N. Kelly, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jeffrey Oestericher, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, NY; Kevin J. O'Connor, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, William Collier, Lisa E. Perkins, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, Hartford, CT, on the brief) Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Section, Washington DC, for Defendants-Appellants.
Jameel Jaffer & Ann Beeson (Melissa Goodman, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY; Arthur N. Eisenberg, New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY; Annette M. Lamoreaux, American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut Foundation, Hartford, CT, on the brief) American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
Bettina B. Plevan (Stephen L. Kass, Samantha Klein, Ethan I. Strell, Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP, New York, NY, Sarah Netburn, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP, New York, NY, of counsel), Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae Association of the Bar of the City of New York in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees.
Daniel Mach & Theresa A. Chmara (Brian Hauck, Amy L. Tenney, on the brief) Jenner & Block LLP, Washington DC, for Amici Curiae American Association of University Professors, American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, American Library Association, Association of American Publishers, Freedom to Read Foundation, and Pen American Center in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees.
Meredith Fuchs (Marc Rotenberg, Marcia Hofmann, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Washington DC, on the brief) National Security Archive, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae National Security Archive, Project on Government Secrecy of the Federation of American Scientists, Electronic Privacy Information Center, and National Whistleblower Center in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees.
Lee Tien (Kurt B. Opsahl, Kevin S. Bankston, on the brief) Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA, for Amicus Curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees.
Before CARDAMONE, McLAUGHLIN, B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Judge CARDAMONE concurs in the judgment of the Court, and files a separate concurring opinion.
PER CURIAM.
This consolidated appeal calls on us to consider 18 U.S.C. § 2709, a statute that governs the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) issuance of National Security Letters (NSLs) to wire or electronic communication service providers. An NSL is an administrative subpoena that allows the FBI to gain access...
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