WILKINSON v. F.B.I.

No. CV 80-1048 AWT.

633 F.Supp. 336 (1986)

Frank WILKINSON, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, etc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

April 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Civil Div., John J. Farley, III, Director, Torts Branch, R. Joseph Sher, Sr. Trial Counsel, Torts Branch, Esther I. Estryn, Trial Atty., Torts Branch, Civil Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Robert C. Bonner, U.S. Atty., Elgin Edwards and Diane Bardsley, Asst. U.S. Attys., Los Angeles, Cal., of counsel, for defendants.

Paul L. Hoffman, ACLU Foundation, Los Angeles, Cal., Douglas E. Mirell, Peter N. Scolney, Debra J. Albin-Riley, Steven P. Tapia, David P. Crochetiere and Kenneth N. Russak, Los Angeles, Cal., Philip J. Hirschkop, Alexandria, Va., for plaintiffs.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

TASHIMA, District Judge.

BACKGROUND

This is an action arising out of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's ("FBI") surveillance and investigation of the National Committee Against Repressive Legislation ("NCARL")1 and Frank Wilkinson, the group's former Executive Director. Plaintiffs are NCARL, Wilkinson and four sustaining members of NCARL. For the purpose of damages only, a plaintiff class has been...

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