A federal appeals court Tuesday reversed a lower court's decision to dismiss a lawsuit brought against the New York Police Department three years ago that alleges a secret surveillance program begun in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that some say discriminated against Muslims.
The 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals sent the case back to U.S. District Judge William Martini, who threw out the lawsuit in February 2014 and wrote that "the more likely explanation for the surveillance was a desire to locate budding terrorist conspiracies" than a desire to discriminate, according to court papers.
In the appellate court's ruling, the three-judge panel concluded that the allegations raised in the lawsuit tell "a story in which there is standing to complain and which present constitutional concerns that must be addressed and, if true, redressed."
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