United States Fourth Circuit

A state's interest in protecting victims of sexual abuse from needless harassment, humiliation and unnecessary invasions of privacy justifies requiring some showing of falsity, not mere denials, before inquiring about allegations of prior abuse.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/06/2000
• Published 12/06/2000

Judges

• Before WILKINS, WILLIAMS, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  David Robert Bungard, Robinson & McElwee, L.L.P., Charleston, WV, for Appellant. Leah Perry Macia, Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, WV, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Attorney General, Charleston, WV, for Appellees.