WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION v. NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Patrick Christopher Toomey , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, New York, New York, for Appellant. Joseph Forrest Busa , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Deborah A. Jeon , David R. Rocah , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland; Ashley Gorski , Charles Hogle , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, New York, New York; Benjamin H. Kleine , COOLEY LLP, San Francisco, California; Alex Abdo , Jameel Jaffer , KNIGHT FIRST AMENDMENT INSTITUTE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York, New York, for Appellant. Ethan P. Davis , Acting Assistant Attorney General, H. Thomas Byron III , Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. Avery W. Gardiner , Gregory T. Nojeim , Mana Azarmi , Stan Adams , CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY & TECHNOLOGY, Washington, D.C.; Sharon Bradford Franklin , Ross Schulman , NEW AMERICA'S OPEN TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE, Washington, D.C.; Andrew A. Bank , Bret S. Cohen , Allison M. Holt Ryan , Stevie N. DeGroff , HOGAN LOVELS US LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Center for Democracy & Technology and New America's Open Technology Institute. Benjamin B. Au , W. Henry Huttinger , Los Angeles, California, Aditya V. Kamdar , DURIE TANGRI LLP, San Francisco, California, for Amici Evidence Law Professors. Lauren Gallo White , San Francisco, California, Brian M. Willen , WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION, New York, New York, for Amicus Professor Stephen I. Vladeck. Eric R. Bolinder , AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY FOUNDATION, Arlington, Virginia; Sophia Cope , Mark Rumold , Andrew Cocker , ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION, San Francisco, California, for Amici Americans for Prosperity Foundation, Brennan Center for Justice, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Electronic Privacy Information Center, FreedomWorks Foundation, and TechFreedom. Jonathan Blavin , Elizabeth Kim , Alexander Gorin , MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP, San Francisco, California, for Amici Network Engineers and Technologists.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Diaz wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge Motz joined as to Parts I and II.A, and in which Judge Rushing joined as to Part II.B.2 and C. Judge Motz wrote an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. Judge Rushing wrote an opinion concurring in part and in the judgment.