Legal Opinion
Covert v. Harrington
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 26, 1989No. Nos. 87-4321, 87-4340PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM A. NORRIS, Circuit Judge:
This is an action brought under the Privacy Act, 5'U.S.C. § 552a, by 13 employees at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. Plaintiffs claim that unlawful disclosures of information in their personnel security files by the Department of Energy (DOE) to the DOE Inspector General (IG) and subsequently to the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) led to criminal prosecutions against them. Although none of those prosecutions resulted in convictions, plaintiffs claim damages consisting of costs and attorney’s fees incurred in defense of the criminal prosecutions.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. Winston Bryant McConneyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Albright v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
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- United States v. County of HumboldtCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Saunders v. SchweikerDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1981
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Britt, Stephen J. v. Naval Investigative ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
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- Therese Marie Swenson v. United States Postal Service Anthony M. Fank, Postmaster GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
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