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IN RE NAT. SEC. AGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS

No. 09-17133.

669 F.3d 928 (2011)

In re NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS RECORDS LITIGATION. Joe McMurray, Rev.; Charlene Mann, Rev.; Michael Reusch, Dr.; Trudy Bond, Dr.; Robert Newby, Prof.; Serge Popper; Thomas S. Dwyer; James Van-Alstine; Michele Rosen; Theodore Jonathan Morris; Sharon Ann Morris; Harris Sondak; Merrilyn Rome; Brad Marston; Greg L. Smith; Michael Brooks; Michael S. Rothmel; Ilene Pruett; Anthony Bartelemy; Linda Gettier; Stephanie Meket; Thomas Michael Fain; Barbara Langer; Pam Haddon; Vern Haddon; Donald Herron; Ray Anderson; Collin Baber; Mark Baker; John Barrett, William Betz; Fran Blamer; Shane and Kristen Brink; Michael Brooks; Paul Bruney; Peter Catizone; Steve Christianson; John Clark; Kinglsey Clark; Thomas M. Cleaver; Peter B. Collins; Kris and Mark Costa; Julie Davis; Sharon L. Davis; Diane Gavlinski; Toni DiDona; Theresa R. Duffy; Shawn Fitzgibbons; John Fitzpatrick; Jennifer Florio; Margaret Franklin; Dawn Furler; C. Garlfo; Josephn Gehring; Jane and Mark Gentie-Youd; Linda J. and G. Lawrence Gettier; Jit Gill; Mike Gilmore; Jayson Gleason; Marc Goldstone; Todd Graff; Janet Granja; Susan Grossman; Stephanie Gustave and Kevin Shawler; Don and Donna Hawkings; Jose V. Heinert; Lamar Henderson; Carolyn R. and Douglas S. Hensley; Jennifer Hontz; Joyce Jackson; Andrew Jaffe; Randel James; Michael Johnson; Diane Juliano; Fay Kaiser; Rajendram Krishnan; Michael Lavo; Fred Leak; Ken Leha; Ben Lindsey; Lisa Lockwood; Nancy K. Lorey and Gerard P. Clerkin; Michael T. Lyda; Eleanor M. Lynn; Esq.; Terry Mancour; Jon Paul McClellan; Alicia McCollum; James McGrattan; Clyde Michael Morgan; Ms. Lodge; Sheri A. Mueller; Fran Nobile; Chris Von Obenauer; Daedria Fanner-Paellman; Dan Patton; Ray Pena; Constance Phillips; Mark Plante; Jeremy Puhlman; Martin Razo; Daniel Reiman; Mark Richards; Linda Rithkis; William Robinette; Fred and Darlene Rogers; Kathleen Rogers; William J. Romansky; Bronson Rosier; Josh Seefried; Anna F. Shallenberger; Royce Shepard; Robert Siden; Gregory L. Smith; Christian Stalberg; Michael L. Stephan; Robert Stewart; Donna A. Stone; Paul and Regina Sundberg; William R. Sweeney; Jr.; David Taylor; April Tipe; Allen T. Trader, III; Barry W. Tribble; Fred Trinkoff; Thomas Vilar; Vickie Votaw; Leon Dwight Wallace; Achieng Warambo and Ulrich Geister; David and Beth White; Jane Winston; Kevin Wright; Joel Ainger; Carol Cose; Deborah Dougherty; James Flynn; Irene King; Paul Kraft; Gina Demiranda; Catalina R. Thompson; Mary Leah Weiss; Elizabeth T. Arnone; Eleanor Lynn; Jay H. Rowell; Danie Reimann; Vivian Phillips; Jeffrey G. Marsocci; Bridget Irving; James Hall; John McIntyre; and Amidax Trading Group, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Verizon Communications, Inc.; Bell-South Corporation; AT & T Corporation; AT & T Inc.; George W. Bush, individually in his executive capacity, and as representative of the United States of America; National Security Agency; United States of America; Barack H. Obama, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 29, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Edward Schwarz , the Law Offices of Steven E. Schwarz, Chicago, IL; Bruce Ira Afran , Bruce I. Afran , Attorney at Law, Carl Mayer , Mayer Law Group LLC, Princeton, NJ, for the plaintiff-appellants.

Brian Matthew Boynton , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC; Michael Kellogg , Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Bradford Allan Berenson , Eric Dean McArthur , Eric Shumsky , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC; Bruce A. Ericson , Kevin Murray Fong , Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the defendants-appellees.

Thomas Mark Bondy , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC; Anthony Joseph Coppolino , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC; for the government defendants-appellees.

Before: HARRY PREGERSON, MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, and M. MARGARET McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:

Joe McMurray and other residential telephone and internet customers (collectively "McMurray") appeal from the district court's dismissal of their complaint against government officials and a group of telecommunications companies. McMurray challenges section 802 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ("FISA") as an unconstitutional taking under the Fifth Amendment. Section 802 allows the U.S. Attorney General to certify...

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