The Christic Institute was a liberal public interest law firm founded in 1980 by Daniel Sheehan, his wife, Sara Nelson and their partner, William J. Davis, who was a Jesuit priest. Its headquarters were based in Washington, D.C. with several offices in other major United States cities, such as San Francisco, California. American liberalism is a political current of modern liberalism in the United States that is descended from classical liberalism in terms of devotion to individual liberty, but rejects absolute free-market economics in favor of an economic system in which the government intervenes where it considers freedom to be threatened... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... Roman Catholic priests in traditional clerical clothing. ... Nickname: the District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Official website: http://www. ... For details about the famous earthquake, refer to the article 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. ...

The institute first gained national prominence in a successful lawsuit against the Kerr-McGee Nuclear Power Company, representing Karen Silkwood, a battle that was later made into the motion picture, Silkwood. The Kerr-McGee Corporation (NYSE: KMG) is an energy company involved in the exploration and production of oil and gas resources, as well as the manufacture of titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment. ... Karen Silkwood (February 19, 1946 – November 13, 1974) was a labor union activist and chemical technician at the Kerr-McGee plutonium plant near Crescent, Oklahoma. ... Silkwood is a 1983 film which tells the true story of Karen Silkwood, who died under suspicious circumstances while investigating wrongdoings at the Kerr-McGee plutonium plant where she worked. ...

The law firm's most high-profile case was its involvement in suing CIA officials and ex-officials who it claimed were involved in the Iran-Contra scandal of the mid-1980s. The Christic Institute respresented two journalists, Tony Avirgan and Martha Honey involving the La Penca bombing in Nicaragua. The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ... In the Iran-Contra Affair, United States President Ronald Reagans administration secretly sold arms to Iran, which was engaged in a bloody war with its neighbor Iraq from 1980 to 1988 (see Iran-Iraq War), and diverted the proceeds to the Contra rebels fighting to overthrow the leftist and... MacGyver - 1980s hero The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The La Penca bombing was a club that was bombed in Nicaragua during the early days of the Civil War in Nicaragua in the year of the 1984. ...