Legal Opinion
Cummings v. Department of the Navy
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 15, 2002No. 00-5348PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.
Dissenting opinion filed by Senior Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:
The appellant, Mary Louise Cummings, seeks reversal of the district court’s September 6, 2000 dismissal of her Privacy Act lawsuit against the Department of the Navy (Navy). The district court held that the doctrine of Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135, 71 S.Ct. 153, 95 L.Ed. 152 (1950), bars a servicewoman’s Privacy Act lawsuit if her injury arose out of or occurred in the course of activity “incident to service.” Cummings v. Dep’t of the…
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