Tenet v. Doe

Tenet v. Doe
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 11, 2005 Decided March 2, 2005
Full case name	George J. Tenet, Individually, Porter J. Goss, Director of Central Intelligence and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and United States, Petitioners v. John Doe et ux.
Docket no.	03–1395
Citations	544 U.S. 1 (more) 125 S. Ct. 1230; 161 L. Ed. 2d 82
Holding
Spies cannot sue the United States government to enforce espionage contracts.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinions
Majority	Rehnquist, joined by unanimous
Concurrence	Stevens, joined by Ginsburg
Concurrence	Scalia

Tenet v. Doe, 544 U.S. 1 (2005), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the court ruled unanimously that spies (those recruited for espionage by the Central Intelligence Agency) cannot sue the CIA or the United States government to enforce an espionage contract. The court ruled that allowing such suits jeopardize the protection of state secrets.^[1]