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CHRISTOPHER, WARREN, ET AL. v. HARBURY, JENNIFER K. (26901)

    Order dated: 12/10/01
    Docket number: 01-394
    Action:
        The petitions for writs of certiorari are granted.

CHRISTOPHER, WARREN, ET AL. v. HARBURY, JENNIFER K. (26901)

    Order dated: 03/04/02
    Docket number: 01-394
    Action:
        The motions of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument are granted.

CHRISTOPHER, WARREN, ET AL. v. HARBURY, JENNIFER K. (26901)

    Order dated: 03/15/02
    Docket number: 01-394
    Action:
        The motion of Brennan Center for Justice for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument is denied.

A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:

1. Whether allegations that senior State Department and National Security Council official withheld information and intentionally misled a private citizen about a foreign rebel leader in the captivity of a foreign government state a violation of the constitutional right of access to the court, when the only claim is that defendants' speech was intentionally misleading and there are no allegations that the plaintiff ever tried to file a lawsuit and was actually hindered in that effort? 2. If the Court concludes that a constitutional violation is properly grounded on allegations such as these, whether government officials violate clearly established law whenever government officials violate clearly established law whenever they allegedly mislead a private citizen or conceal information and it is later claimed that they intended to and did hinder the filing of a hypothetical lawsuit?

An opinion has been handed down: