United States Fifth Circuit
Jacobs v. Nat'l Drug Intellligence Ctr., 07-40776
In a Privacy Act action alleging improper disclosure of information about plaintiff, award of emotional-distress damages is affirmed where no intervening change of law required the court to reverse its own precedent allowing such damages in Privacy Act claims.
Appellate Information
- Decided 11/10/2008
- Published 11/10/2008
Judges
- RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:, Before JOLLY, BARKSDALE and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Drew D. Hansen (argued), Susman Godfrey, Seattle, WA, for Jacobs.
- For Appellees:
- Robert D. Kamenshine (argued), Leonard Aaron Schaitman, Civ. Div., Anthony Alan Yang, Office of Sol. Gen., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant.