F.B.I. v. FAZAGA

No. 20-828.

142 S.Ct. 1051 (2022)

595 U.S. 344

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, et al., Petitioners v. Yassir FAZAGA, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 4, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin S. Kneedler , Deputy Solicitor General, for Petitioners.

Catherine M.A. Carroll , Washington, DC, for Agent Respondents.

Ahilan T. Arulanantham , Los Angeles, CA, for Respondents Fazaga, et al.

Peter Bibring , Mohammad Tajsar ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Ahilan Arulanatham , UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, CA, Amr Shabaik , Dina Chehata , Cair-Los Angeles, Anaheim, CA, Patrick Toomey , Ashley Gorski , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, Dan Stormer , Shaleen Shanbhag , Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai LLP, Pasadena, CA, David D. Cole , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Elizabeth B. Prelogar , Acting Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Edwin S. Kneedler , Deputy Solicitor General, Sarah E. Harrington , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Jonathan Y. Ellis , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Sharon Swingle , Joseph F. Busa , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Petitioners.

Katie Moran , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Catherine M.A. Carroll , Counsel of Record, Howard M. Shapiro , Justin M. Baxenberg , Allison M. Schultz , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Brian H. Fletcher , Acting Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Petitioners.

Alexander H. Cote , Counsel of Record, Winston & Strawn LLP, Angeles, CA, for Respondents.


In this case, we consider the relationship between the longstanding "state secrets" privilege and a provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), 92 Stat. 1783, 50 U.S.C. § 1801 et seq., that provides a procedure under which a trial-level court or other authority...

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