Wikimedia Foundation v. NSA/CSS

Wikimedia Foundation v. NSA/CSS

Plaintiff - Appellant:	WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, PEN AMERICAN CENTER, GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN, THE NATION MAGAZINE, THE RUTHERFORD INSTITUTE, WASHINGTON OFFICE ON LATIN AMERICA and AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA
Defendant - Appellee:	NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY/ CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE, ADMIRAL MICHAEL S. ROGERS, in his official capacity as Director of the National Security Agency and Chief of the Central Security Service, OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, JAMES R. CLAPPER, JR., in his official capacity as Director of National Intelligence, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE and LORETTA E. LYNCH, in her official capacity as Attorney General of the United States
Case Number:	15-2560
Filed:	December 18, 2015
Court:	U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Nature of Suit:	Other Civil Rights

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May 23, 2017	Wikimedia Foundation v. NSA/CSS

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May 23, 2017	Filing 406534804 PUBLISHED AUTHORED OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:15-cv-00662-TSE. [1000086207]. [15-2560]

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Plaintiff - appellant: WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION
Represented By:	Alex Abdo
Represented By:	John Browning
Represented By:	Ashley Marie Gorski
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Represented By:	Deborah Jeon
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Plaintiff - appellant: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS
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Represented By:	Ashley Marie Gorski
Represented By:	Jameel Jaffer
Represented By:	Deborah Jeon
Represented By:	David Alexander Munkittrick
Represented By:	David Robert Rocah
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Plaintiff - appellant: HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
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Represented By:	David Alexander Munkittrick
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Plaintiff - appellant: PEN AMERICAN CENTER
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Represented By:	Jameel Jaffer
Represented By:	Deborah Jeon
Represented By:	David Alexander Munkittrick
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Plaintiff - appellant: GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN
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Plaintiff - appellant: THE NATION MAGAZINE
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Represented By:	David Alexander Munkittrick
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Plaintiff - appellant: THE RUTHERFORD INSTITUTE
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Plaintiff - appellant: WASHINGTON OFFICE ON LATIN AMERICA
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Represented By:	Ashley Marie Gorski
Represented By:	Jameel Jaffer
Represented By:	Deborah Jeon
Represented By:	David Alexander Munkittrick
Represented By:	David Robert Rocah
Represented By:	Charles S. Sims
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Plaintiff - appellant: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA
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Defendant - appellee: NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY/ CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE
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Defendant - appellee: ADMIRAL MICHAEL S. ROGERS, in his official capacity as Director of the National Security Agency and Chief of the Central Security Service
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Defendant - appellee: OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
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Defendant - appellee: JAMES R. CLAPPER, JR., in his official capacity as Director of National Intelligence
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Defendant - appellee: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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Defendant - appellee: LORETTA E. LYNCH, in her official capacity as Attorney General of the United States
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