28 U.S.C. § 531
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is in the Department of Justice.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 19
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1939–2025 · leading case: Knight First Amendment Inst. at Columbia Univ. v. CIA, 11 F.4th 810 (D.C. Cir. 2021).
Knight First Amendment Inst. at Columbia Univ. v. CIA, 11 F.4th 810 (D.C. Cir. 2021). “For one thing, the State Department is not a parent to any of the defendant intelligence agencies: the FBI is a component of the Department of Justice, see 28 U.S.C. § 531 ; the NSA is a component of the Department of Defense, see Memorandum from Harry S.”
Amuso v. United States Dep't of Just., 600 F. Supp. 2d 78 (D.D.C. 2009). “See 28 U.S.C. § 531 et seq. (establishing the FBI within the United States Department of Justice and its jurisdiction to detect and investigate crimes).”
United States v. Stephen J. Flemmi, 225 F.3d 78 (1st Cir. 2000). “The FBI is part of the Department of Justice, see 28 U.S.C. § 531 , and its officials are appointed by the Attorney General, see id.”
United States v. Reynard, 220 F. Supp. 2d 1142 (S.D. Cal. 2002). “See also 28 U.S.C. § 531 . 14 . See 146 Cong. Rec.”
United States v. Salemme, 91 F. Supp. 2d 141 (D. Mass. 1999). “28 U.S.C. § 531 (1994). The Attorney General has formally delegated to the Bureau the authority to “[ijnvestigate violations of the laws, including the criminal drug laws, of the United States and collect evidence in cases in which the United States is or may be a party in…”
Harold Weisberg v. U.S. Dep't of Just., 489 F.2d 1195 (D.C. Cir. 1973). “§ 503 , includes the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 28 U.S.C. § 531 . The Attorney General is directly charged under 28 U.”
Bergman v. United States, 551 F. Supp. 407 (W.D. Mich. 1982). “) The specific sections cited include 28 U.S.C. § 531 et seq., which provides for the establishment of the FBI; 18 U.”
Janowsky v. United States, 23 Cl. Ct. 706 (Ct. Cl. 1991). “§ 101 (the Department of Justice is an executive department); 28 U.S.C. § 531 (the FBI is “in *710 the Department of Justice”).”
Sussman v. United States Marshals Serv., 808 F. Supp. 2d 192 (D.D.C. 2011). “§ 561(a) (“There is hereby established a United States Marshals Service as a bureau within the Department of Justice.... ”). DOJ, of course, is an executive department.”
Richmond v. Wampanoag Tribal Court Cases, 431 F. Supp. 2d 1159 (D. Utah 2006). “(1993) (powers and functions of the Attorney General); 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 531 et seq. (investigative authority of the FBI); 28 U.”
United States v. Harrington, 524 F. Supp. 292 (E.D. Cal. 1981). “§§ 2311-2313 , 28 U.S.C. § 531 , et seq. Once having determined, however, that the search could not withstand that scrutiny, the Ninth Circuit was compelled to determine whether the search could be justified as a “border search.”
Cent. Hanover Bank & Trust Co. v. Memphis Street Ry. Co., 28 F. Supp. 358 (W.D. Tenn. 1939). “777 of Acts of Congress of 1937, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 531 , 572a, the witness attempted to hedge his admission, by saying that his Committee had merely agreed to “recommend” the fees to the court and not to “fix” them.”
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