09 6월 Snepp, also with the petition to own certiorari toward same court
Argued: Decided: March 19, 1980
An old employee of Central Intelligence Agency, who had agreed not to divulge classified recommendations rather than agreement and you can not to ever upload people guidance concerning the Agencies without prepublication clearance, breached a beneficial fiduciary duty when he penned a book throughout the particular Department things instead submitting their manuscript having prepublication feedback. The proceeds off his violation try amazed that have an useful believe toward advantageous asset of government entities.
In the No. 78-1871, Frank W. Snepp III tries breakdown of a wisdom implementing a contract that he closed as he recognized a career into the Main Cleverness Agencies (CIA). He also argues that punitive problems was unsuitable treatment for this new violation regarding their hope add most of the weblog regarding the Service to own prepublication review. Into the Zero. 79-265, the us conditionally mix petitions out of a view refusing to help you find payouts owing to Snepp's infraction is content which have a beneficial useful trust. We give brand new petitions getting certiorari to proper the fresh judgment of which both sides find recovery.
According to his experience as a good CIA representative, Snepp typed a book throughout the specific CIA situations inside South Vietnam. Snepp blogged the fresh membership instead submitting it toward Department for prepublication feedback. As the an express updates of their employment toward CIA into the 1968, however, Snepp got [444 U.S. 507, 508] performed a binding agreement guaranteeing he carry out "not . . . publish . . . one suggestions or point concerning the Agencies, their issues otherwise cleverness issues basically, either during the or following the name regarding [his] employment . . .