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Assassination Archives and Research Center, et al. v. Central Intelligence Agency
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 23-5064 · judgment December 7, 2023
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a D.C. Circuit decision below and counsel who has filed here before.
Questions presented
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Whether the CIA may refuse to search and disclose its operational records that relate to the presence of a convicted Nazi assassin in the company of the owner of the Texas School Book Depository building at the time of the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963. There are conflicting decisions between the First and D.C. Circuits on this legal issue.
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Whether the CIA may ignore executive orders which by their plain text declassify records more than 25 and 50 years of age.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Daniel S. Alcorn
Attorney at Law
For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
Case
Subject area
Privacy (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, June 24, 2024 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Jun 24 2024Petition DENIED.
- Jun 04 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2024.
- May 24 2024Waiver of right of respondent Central Intelligence Agency to respond filed.
- May 08 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 10, 2024)