ACLU v NSA pleadings, etc. ACLU v NSA pleadings, etc.

This is most of the ACLU v. NSA pleadings, etc. that I can find so far:

• Docket Sheet in the case as of 8/24/2006


• Complaint (1/7/2006)


• Exhibits in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (3/9/2006)


• Statement of Undisputed Facts in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (3/9/2006)


• Plaintiffs' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (3/9/2006)


• Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (5/26/2006)


• Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (OCR to Word)


• Order Denying Defense Motion for Stay (5/31/2006)


• Defendant's motion for clarification (6/2/2006)


• Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (6/5/2006)


• Plaintiffs' response to Defendant's motion for clarification (6/6/2006)


• Defendant's reply to Plaintiffs' response (6/7/2006)


• Plaintiffs' response to Defendant's motion to dismiss, or in the alternative for summary judgement (6/20/2006, 50 pages)


• Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (6/20/2006) (duplicate)


• Defendant's reply to the Plaintiffs' response (6/30/2006, 33 pages)


• Opinion (8/17/2006)


• Judgment and Permanent Injunction Order (8/17/2006)

Note that this is an incomplete list of documents. First, I didn't bother with all of the amici briefs as they have no real legal import. Secondly, a lot of the government's pleadings are, at present, missing here, as the ACLU mostly put up their own pleadings. Also, some of these documents are from a post by Orin Kerr at volokh.com.

The ACLU put its documents up on its website in .pdf format straight from conversion from a word processing document. As a result, they consist of text and formatting information. As a result, it is possible to copy text out of these documents for insertion elsewhere. That is not the case with the .pdf files generated by the government. As a result, instead of consisting of text and formatting, the government .pdf files are scanned images. The result is that you can't copy text out of them as text. For that reason, I am in the process of converting those documents to Word format through OCR. Unfortunately, correcting the resulting Word documents is laborious, and, thus, takes awhile. Also, note, that I am not fixing formatting, and, thus, these documents look different. I have, however, maintained pagination - but use the bottom page numbers, not the top ones, to navigate.