Legal Opinion
Dorfmont v. Brown
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 10, 1990No. 88-6580PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:
Linda Dorfmont lost her security clearance. We consider whether the federal courts can do anything about it.
Facts
Linda Dorfmont worked on United States government defense contracts for Hughes Aircraft, a job for which the Department of Defense had granted her a security clearance.
In 1984, while working on one of those defense contracts, Dorfmont found herself in need of a computer programmer. Unable to secure a programmer within the company, she decided to go outside for help; far outside. On several occasions during the summer of 1984, she sent company data to one…
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