COOPER v. F.A.A.

No. 08-17074.

596 F.3d 538 (2010)

Stanmore Cawthon COOPER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION; Social Security Administration; VRW United States Department of Transportation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 22, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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.

Before: MYRON H. BRIGHT, HAWKINS, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.


MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judge:

The Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. § 552a et seq. (the Act), prohibits federal agencies from disclosing "any record which is contained in a system of records by any means of communication to any person, or to another agency" without the consent of "the individual to whom the record pertains," unless the disclosure falls within one or more enumerated exceptions to the Act. Id. § 552a(b). The Act also creates...

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