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Employees were told that if they did not sign an unlimited waiver of privacy, they would be deemed to have " voluntarily resigned ".

The rebadging rules were designed to make JPL compliant with FIPS 201.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found the process violated the employees ' privacy rights and has issued a preliminary injunction.

NASA appealed and the US Supreme Court granted certiorari on March 8, 2010.

On January 19, 2011, the Supreme Court overturned the Ninth Circuit decision, ruling that the background checks did not violate any constitutional privacy right that the employees may have had.