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CUMMINGS v. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

No. 00-5348.

279 F.3d 1051 (2002)

Mary Louise CUMMINGS, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 15, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Sheldon argued the cause for the appellant. Eugene R. Fidell and Steven H. Wishod were on brief.

Eric L. Hirschhorn, Anne W. Stukes, Philip B. Onderdonk Jr., Ronald S. Flagg, Joseph R. Guerra and Arthur B. Spitzer were on brief for amici curiae The American Legion, et al., in support of the appellant.

Meredith Manning, Assistant United States Attorney, argued the cause for the appellee. Kenneth L. Wainstein, Acting United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief.

Before: GINSBURG, Chief Judge, HENDERSON, Circuit Judge, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.

Dissenting opinion filed by Senior Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.

KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:

The appellant, Mary Louise Cummings, seeks reversal of the district court's September 6, 2000 dismissal of her Privacy Act lawsuit against the Department of the Navy (Navy). The district court held that the doctrine of Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135, 71...

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