FLOWERS v. UNITED STATES

No. 8002.

348 F.2d 910 (1965)

John K. FLOWERS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

July 22, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Bennett, Oklahoma City, Okl., for appellant.

Robert L. Berry, Asst. U. S. Atty., Oklahoma City, Okl. (B. Andrew Potter, U. S. Atty., Oklahoma City, Okl., with him on the brief), for appellee.

Before PICKETT, BREITENSTEIN and HILL, Circuit Judges.


PICKETT, Circuit Judge.

Flowers brought this action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346, alleging that his right of privacy had been tortiously violated by the release of certain of his medical records by the Veterans' Administration to investigators of his then employer, the Internal Revenue Service. He also alleges that the examination destroyed his privilege and property rights in those hospital records. On pre-trial it was determined that...

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