Legal Opinion

Weaver v. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided February 28, 2014No. 13-1172PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.

WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge:

This is a case about a minor traffic violation and its persistence in a database administered by the federal government. The petitioner, Fred Weaver, Jr., received a citation for failing to obey a Montana traffic ordinance. A record of the citation made its way into a database administered by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Ad ministration (“FMCSA”). Much of the information in this database is, like Weaver’s citation, the product of state authorities. And under a rule adopted by FMCSA, Privacy Act of…

2Cases cited24 opinions

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3Cited by23 opinions

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