ACLU Lawsuit - Notice of Dismissal Without Prejudice
ACLU Lawsuit - Notice of Dismissal Without Prejudice
ACLU Lawsuit - Notice of Dismissal Without Prejudice
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Case 8:12-cv-02297-AW Document 90 Filed 04/17/13 Page 1 <strong>of</strong> 2<br />
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT<br />
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND<br />
____________________________________<br />
SENIOR EXECUTIVES<br />
ASSOCIATION, et al.,<br />
Plaintiffs,<br />
v. No. 8:12-cv-2297-AW<br />
UNITED STATES, et al.,<br />
Defendants.<br />
____________________________________<br />
NOTICE OF DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE<br />
Plaintiffs filed this action on August 2, 2012, to challenge certain provisions <strong>of</strong><br />
the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (“STOCK”) Act, Pub. L. No. 112-105,<br />
126 Stat. 291 (2012), which required the personal financial information <strong>of</strong> some 28,000<br />
Executive Branch employees, including both civilian and military personnel, to be posted<br />
on the Internet by August 31, 2012, for anyone in the world to see. Plaintiffs alleged that<br />
the challenged provisions violated their constitutional right to informational privacy.<br />
After this Court issued a Temporary Preliminary Injunction, and Congress thrice<br />
postponed the deadline for Internet publication, Congress last week enacted, and the<br />
President on April 15, 2013, signed, legislation providing that the challenged provisions<br />
“shall not be effective” except as to the President, the Vice President, Members <strong>of</strong> and<br />
candidates for Congress, and certain cabinet and subcabinet level <strong>of</strong>ficials. See An Act<br />
To modify the requirements under the STOCK Act regarding online access to financial<br />
disclosure statements and related forms, S. 716 (113th Cong., 1st Sess. (2013)). Plaintiffs
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understand that Congress was well aware <strong>of</strong> this lawsuit and that this Court’s opinions in<br />
this case were influential in arriving at the new legislation.<br />
Accordingly, Plaintiffs having fully achieved their goals in this litigation, and<br />
Defendants not having filed an answer or a motion for summary judgment, Plaintiffs<br />
hereby voluntarily dismiss this action, without prejudice, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P.<br />
41(a)(1)(A)(i).<br />
Dated: April 17, 2013<br />
Respectfully submitted,<br />
/s/ Daron T. Carreiro_______________________<br />
Jack McKay (D. Md. Bar No. 05628)<br />
Thomas G. Allen<br />
Daron T. Carreiro (D. Md. Bar No. 18075)<br />
Kristen E. Baker<br />
Benjamin J. Cote<br />
PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP<br />
2300 N Street, N.W.<br />
Washington, DC 20037<br />
Office: (202) 663-8000<br />
Fax: (202) 663-8007<br />
Email: jack.mckay@pillsburylaw.com<br />
thomas.allen@pillsburylaw.com<br />
daron.carreiro@pillsburylaw.com<br />
kristen.baker@pillsburylaw.com<br />
benjamin.cote@pillsburylaw.com<br />
/s/ Arthur B. Spitzer____________________<br />
Of counsel: Arthur B. Spitzer (D. Md. Bar No. 08628)<br />
Deborah A. Jeon<br />
American Civil Liberties Union<br />
<strong>ACLU</strong> Foundation <strong>of</strong> Maryland <strong>of</strong> the Nation’s Capital<br />
3600 Clipper Mill Road, Suite 350 4301 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 434<br />
Baltimore, Maryland 21211 Washington, DC 20008<br />
Office: 410-889-8550 x 120 Office: (202) 457-0800<br />
Fax: 401-366-7838 Fax: (202) 457-0805<br />
Email: jeon@aclu-md.org Email: artspitzer@aclu-nca.org<br />
Counsel for Plaintiffs<br />
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