Legal Opinion
Covert v. Herrington
District Court, E.D. Washington
Decided September 15, 1987No. C-86-730-JLQPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
QUACKENBUSH, District Judge.
This is an action brought under the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a, by 13 contract employees dr “job shoppers” at the Han-ford Nuclear Reservation. Plaintiffs claimed that unlawful disclosures of 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 led to criminal prosecutions against them. None of those prosecutions resulted in convictions, but plaintiffs claim damages including costs and attorney fees incurred in defense…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Covert v. HarringtonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- Finley v. National Endowment for the ArtsDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1992
- Covert v. HarringtonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989