Legal Opinion
Neal v. Fairfax County Police Department
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 26, 2018No. Record 170247PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY JUSTICE CLEO E. POWELL
In this appeal, we consider whether the Circuit Court of Fairfax County erred when it determined, on summary judgment, that the retention of information gathered and stored by a police department using automated license plate readers ("ALPR") did not constitute a violation of the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act ("Data Act"), Code §§ 2.2-3800 to -3809.
I. BACKGROUND
On May 9, 2014, Harrison Neal ("Neal") submitted a Virginia Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") request to the Fairfax County Police Department ("Police Department") seeking…
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