Legal Opinion
Tarlton v. Saxbe
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 20, 1976No. Civ. A. 1862-71PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOHN LEWIS SMITH, Jr., District Judge.
Plaintiff filed this action in 1971 seeking a modification of his FBI criminal record or, alternatively, an injunction against its dissemination to correctional and judicial officials. The Court of Appeals reversed the District Court’s dismissal of plaintiff’s complaint and remanded for consideration of the following question: “[T]o what extent, if any, does the FBI have a duty to take reasonable measures to safeguard the accuracy of information in its criminal files which is subject to dissemination”? Tarlton v. Saxbe, 165 U.S.App.D.C. 293, 507…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Rizzo v. GoodeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Paul v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Dale B. Menard v. William B. Saxbe, Attorney General of the United States and Clarence M. KelleyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- Dale B. Menard v. John N. Mitchell and John Edgar HooverCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- United States v. James P. LinnCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by6 opinions
- John George Diamond v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Charles Edward Pruett v. Edward H. Levi, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- Hammons v. ScottDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1976
- McKnight v. WebsterDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1980
- Van Sickle v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
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