Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Fazaga
U.S. Supreme Court · decided March 4, 2022 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- March 4, 2022
- Term
- October Term 2021
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Alito
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 595 U. S. Part 2 Pages 344–359 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT March 4, 2022 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. Syllabus FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION et al. v. FAZAGA et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit No. 20–828. Argued November 8, 2021—Decided March 4, 2022 Respondents Yassir Fazaga, Ali Malik, and Yasser Abdel Rahim, members of Muslim communities in California, fled a putative class action against the Federal Bureau of Investigation and certain Government offcials, claiming that the Government subjected them and other Muslims to illegal surveillance under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA). FISA provides special procedures for use when the Gov- ernment wishes to conduct foreign intelligence surveillance. Relevant here, FISA provides a procedure under which a trial-level court or other authority may consider the legality of electronic surveillance conducted under FISA and order specifed forms of relief. See 50 U. S. C. §1806(f). The Government moved to dismiss…
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