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Government Relations Cases

United States Second Circuit, 03/21/2011
Amnesty International USA v. Clapper, No. 09-4112
In a facial challenge by attorneys, journalists, and labor, legal, media, and human rights organizations to the constitutionality of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, dismissal by district court for lack of standing is reversed where appellants have standing because of a reasonable fear of future injury and the costs incurred to avoid such injury. Read more...

United States Ninth Circuit, 03/22/2011
Young v. Honolulu, No. 09-16034
In a constitutional dispute on whether a city repeal ordinace violated the Contracts Clause of the United States Constitution, summary judgment is affirmed where ordinance did not breach any of preexisting contractual obligation. Read more...

United States Ninth Circuit, 03/22/2011
Hunt v. Los Angeles, No. 09-55750
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 dispute challenging the constitutionality of several city ordinances aimed at preventing vending on the Venice Beach Boardwalk, judgment by district court is affirmed in part and remanded in part where court did not abuse discretion but improperly failed to address one of the challenges in the first instance. Read more...







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