50 U.S.C. § 1828
Section 1828 · Civil liability
This is § 308 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Pichler v. UNITE (2005)
Most recently applied in 15 F. Supp. 3d 1131 - United States v. Huang (April 2014)
An aggrieved person, other than a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power, as defined in section 1801(a) or (b)(1)(A), respectively, of this title, whose premises, property, information, or material has been subjected to a physical search within the United States or about whom information obtained by such a physical search has been disclosed or used in violation of section 1827 of this title shall have a cause of action against any person who committed such violation and shall be entitled to recover—
(1) actual damages, but not less than liquidated damages of $1,000 or $100 per day for each day of violation, whichever is greater;
(2) punitive damages; and
(3) reasonable attorney's fees and other investigative and litigation costs reasonably incurred.