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Case Name	ACLU v. U.S. Department of Justice	PN-DC-0006
Docket / Court	1:08-cv-01157 ( D.D.C. )
State/Territory	District of Columbia
Case Type(s)	Policing
Attorney Organization	ACLU Chapters (any) ACLU National (all projects)
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Defendant-type

Jurisdiction-wide

Law-enforcement

General

Records Disclosure

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Causes of Action

Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552

Case Details


Defendant(s)	Department of Justice
Plaintiff Description	The American Civil Liberties Union is a nationwide, non-profit, non-partisan organization with over 500,000 members dedicated to the constitutional principles of liberty and equality. The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation is a separate nonprofit organization that educates the public about civil liberties and employs lawyers who provide free legal representation in cases involving civil liberties.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	ACLU Chapters (any) ACLU National (all projects)
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Defendant
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	None yet
Source of Relief	None
Filing Year	2008
Case Ongoing	No

Documents

Docket(s)

1:08−cv−01157 (D.D.C.)
PN-DC-0006-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 02/27/2015
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Amended Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief [ECF# 15] PN-DC-0006-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/11/2008 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order [ECF# 40] (698 F.Supp.2d 163) (D.D.C.) PN-DC-0006-0003.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 03/26/2010 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Opinion (D.C. Circuit) (655 F.3d 1) PN-DC-0006-0001.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 09/06/2011 Source: ACLU
Reassignment of Civil Case [ECF# 47] (D.D.C.) PN-DC-0006-0005.pdf \| Detail Date: 12/05/2011 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order (Granting Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment and Denying Plaintiff's Cross-motion for Summary Judgment) [ECF# 65] (D.D.C.) PN-DC-0006-0006.pdf \| Detail Date: 02/15/2013 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Memorandum Opinion (Granting DOJ's Motion for Summary Judgment and denying ACLU's Cross-Motion) (923 F.Supp.2d 310) (D.D.C.) PN-DC-0006-0007.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 02/15/2014 Source: Westlaw

People


Judges	Garland, Merrick B. (D.C. Circuit) PN-DC-0006-0001 Huvelle, Ellen Segal (D.D.C.) PN-DC-0006-0005 Jackson, Amy Berman (D.D.C.) PN-DC-0006-0005 \| PN-DC-0006-0006 \| PN-DC-0006-0007 \| PN-DC-0006-9000 Robertson, James (D.D.C.) PN-DC-0006-0003
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Crump, Catherine (New York) PN-DC-0006-0002 \| PN-DC-0006-9000
	Sobel, David L. (District of Columbia) PN-DC-0006-0002 \| PN-DC-0006-9000
	Spitzer, Arthur (District of Columbia) PN-DC-0006-0002 \| PN-DC-0006-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Cooper, Jonathan Gordon (District of Columbia) PN-DC-0006-9000
	Desai, Vikas K. (District of Columbia) PN-DC-0006-9000
	Glass, David M (District of Columbia) PN-DC-0006-9000
	Tyler, John Russell (District of Columbia) PN-DC-0006-9000