Clapper v. Amnesty International USA

Clapper v. Amnesty International
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 29, 2012 Decided February 26, 2013
Full case name	James R. Clapper, Jr., Director of National Intelligence, et al., Petitioners v. Amnesty International USA, et al.
Docket no.	11-1025
Citations	568 U.S. 398 (more) 133 S. Ct. 1138; 185 L. Ed. 2d 264; 2013 U.S. LEXIS 1858; 2013 ILRC 1311; 41 Med. L. Rptr. 1357; 81 U.S.L.W. 4121
Case history
Prior	defendant motion for summary judgment granted sub nom. Amnesty International v. McConnell, 646 F. Supp. 2d 633 (S.D.N.Y. 2009); reversed, 638 F.3d 118 (2nd Cir. 2011); rehearing en banc denied, 667 F.3d 163 (2011); certiorari granted, 566 U.S. ___ (2012)
Holding
Respondents lack Article III standing to challenge FISA Amendments Act of 2008, 50 U. S. C. §1881a.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinions
Majority	Alito, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas
Dissent	Breyer, joined by Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan

Clapper v. Amnesty International USA, 568 U.S. 398 (2013), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that Amnesty International USA and others lacked standing to challenge section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. § 1881a), as amended by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008.^[1][2][3][4]