A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit focused on standing to file suit when it heard arguments Jan. 13 regarding whether to reinstate a suit over surveillance of New Jersey Muslims by the New York Police Department.

The judges’ questioning of lawyers focused on whether Muslim citizens were injured by the NYPD’s large-scale surveillance program and whether the department’s actions caused the injury. The court is considering whether to reverse a February 2014 ruling by U.S. District Judge William Martini of the District of New Jersey that dismissed the suit for lack of standing.

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