United States Ninth Circuit

In a Privacy Act action based on an exchange of information about plaintiff performed as part of a joint criminal investigation by multiple federal agencies, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where actual damages under the Privacy Act encompasses both pecuniary and nonpecuniary damages.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/13/2010
• Decided 02/22/2010
• Published 02/22/2010

Judges

• Before MYRON H. BRIGHT,MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Raymond A. Cardozo, Tiffany Renee Thomas, James M. Wood, and David J. Bird, Reed Smith LLP, for plaintiff-appellant Stanmore Cawthon Cooper.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael F. Hertz, Joseph P. Russoniello, Mark B. Stern, and Samantha Chaifetz, for defendants-appellees, Federal Aviation Administration, Social Security Administration, and United States Department of Transportation.