United States Sixth Circuit

In a challenge to warrantless wiretapping under the government's counter-terrorism operation known as the Terrorist Surveillance Program (TSP), summary judgment against the National Security Agency (NSA) and imposition of a permanent injunction is vacated and remanded for dismissal of the entire action where the court of appeals found that plaintiffs lacked standing for any of their claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/06/2007
• Published 07/06/2007

Judges

• Before:  BATCHELDER, GILMAN, and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Gregory G. Garre, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellants.  Ann Beeson, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, New York, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Gregory G. Garre, Thomas M. Bondy, Douglas N. Letter, Anthony A. Yang, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellants.   Ann Beeson, Jameel Jaffer, Melissa Goodman, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, New York, Michael J. Steinberg, Kary L. Moss, American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, Randal L. Gainer, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, Washington, for Appellees.   Andrew G. McBride, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, D.C., Paul D. Kamenar, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C., Paul J. Orfanedes, Meredith L. DiLiberto, Judicial Watch, Inc., Washington, D.C., John C. Eastman, Chapman University School of Law, Orange, California, Jay A. Sekulow, American Center for Law and Justice, Washington, D.C., Larry J. Saylor, Saul A. Green, Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, Detroit, Michigan, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Donald B. Verrilli Jr., Jenner & Block, Washington, D.C., Kathleen M. Sullivan, Stanford Law School, Stanford, California, Lucy A. Dalglish, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Arlington, Virginia, Richard M. Corn, New York, New York, for Amici Curiae.