Legal Opinion
John R. Williams, Jr. v. Department of Veterans Affairs, and Sherwin E. Little, ph.d. Phillip M. Hamme, Msw Linda Wilson
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 16, 1997No. 95-2609PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed in part, vacated, and remanded by published opinion. Judge ERVIN wrote the opinion, in which Judge HALL and Judge HALLANAN joined.
OPINION
ERVIN, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant John R. WUliams, Jr. appeals from a final judgment determining that materials he requested pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. § 552a, were draft documents and not “records” within the meaning of the Act and, as such, were not records that were kept in the normal “system of records.” Nevertheless, these materials were substantially “about” Williams. The statutory language, legislative history, and…
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