Legal Opinion
Dale v. Executive Office of the President
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 25, 2001No. CIV. A. 99-2453(RMU)PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
URBINA, District Judge.
Granting The Defendant’s Motion For Judgment On The Pleadings
I. INTRODUCTION
This case poses a distinct legal question: whether the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. § 552a (“the Privacy Act”), applies to the White House. Billy Ray Dale (“the plaintiff’ or “Mr. Dale”), the former Director of the White House Travel Office, argues that it does. The plaintiff sued the Executive Office of the President (“the defendant” or “the EOP”) under the Privacy Act, seeking any and all files that it maintained on him. Declaring that the Privacy Act was not intended to…
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