Al-Haramain v. Obama
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Al-Haramain v. Obama, 690 F.3d 1089 (9th Cir. 2012)[1] was a case before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California filed 28 February 2006 by the al-Haramain Foundation and its two attorneys concerning the NSA warrantless surveillance controversy.[2] The case withstood retroactive changes brought by the Congressional response to the NSA warrantless surveillance program.[3]
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Al-Haramain v. Obama | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
Full case name | Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, Wendell Belew, Asim Ghafoor v. Barack Obama, National Security Agency, Keith B. Alexander, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Adam J. Szubin, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Robert S. Mueller III |
Argued | June 1, 2012 |
Decided | August 7, 2012 |
Citation(s) | 690 F.3d 1089 |
Case history | |
Prior history | Al-Haramain v. Bush, 507 F.3d 1190 (9th Cir. 2007) |
Court membership | |
Judge(s) sitting | Harry Pregerson, Michael Daly Hawkins, M. Margaret McKeown |
Case opinions | |
Majority | McKeown, joined by a unanimous court |
Laws applied | |
50 U.S.C.S. § 1810 |
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