Jewel et al v. National Security Agency et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

3:08-cv-04373

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Court:

California Northern

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Other

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Jeffrey S. White

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Government Agencies

  1. April 03, 2014

    Feds Issue Mea Culpa To FISC For Nearly Chucking Evidence

    The U.S. government on Wednesday issued a seven-page response to the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, saying it didn't tell the court about an email asking that it preserve call data the government gathered in a class action accusing it of spying, because it didn't know the data was relevant to the suit.

  2. March 19, 2014

    NSA May Have to Keep Call-Data Evidence, Judge Says

    A California federal judge said Wednesday that he's inclined to require the National Security Agency to preserve data that could serve as evidence in a lawsuit by civil liberties groups and a separate class action by AT&T Inc. subscribers alleging its collection of Americans' phone records violated constitutional protections.

  3. March 10, 2014

    NSA Blocked From Destroying Phone Records In Calif. Suits

    A California federal judge on Monday afternoon ordered the National Security Agency to halt the destruction of five years' worth of phone records it had gathered, siding at least temporarily with a privacy group claiming the records are needed to prove rights violations against Americans.

  4. July 08, 2013

    National Security Can't Get NSA Off Hook In Surveillance Suit

    A California federal judge handed a win to plaintiffs suing the National Security Agency over alleged surveillance of American citizens when he ruled Monday that the government couldn't invoke national security concerns to escape the lawsuit, but he also said sovereign immunity barred some of the proposed class's claims.

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