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9th Cir. Refuses To Ground Boeing Rendition Lawsuit
WSJ Law Blog ^ | April 28, 2009, | Ashby Jones

Posted on 04/29/2009 3:32:37 PM PDT by radar101

A panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco today overturned a lower court ruling that put a halt to a controversial lawsuit concerning extraordinary rendition, the practice of flying suspected terrorists to their home (or other) countries. Click here for the story, from the San Jose Mercury News; here for the AP story.

The lawsuit was filed by the ACLU on behalf of five men who say they were subjected to the government’s extraordinary rendition program — that they were kidnapped and sent to overseas prisons where they were tortured. The suit was brought not against the U.S. government, but against a San Jose-based Boeing subsidiary called Jeppesen Dataplan, which was accused of participating in the flights.

In a 26-page ruling, the appellate court found that the federal government failed to document how the lawsuit would reveal state secrets, sending the case back to San Jose U.S. District Judge James Ware for further proceedings. Ware dismissed the lawsuit last year, concluding that litigation over the controversial flight program could prompt the disclosure of CIA secrets.

The Bush administration originally invoked the state secrets privilege in the case. In February, the Obama Administration declined to rebuke the argument. Click here and here for earlier LB coverage; here for the opinion.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: lawsuit; ninthcircuit; rendition

1 posted on 04/29/2009 3:32:37 PM PDT by radar101
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To: radar101

OK...this is a bit too much for my addled old brain to follow....

Would one of you sharks that understands the implications of this please explain it to me in terms we mere mortals can understand??


2 posted on 04/29/2009 4:39:59 PM PDT by Bean Counter (Stout Hearts....)
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