OSTERGREN v. CUCCINELLI

Nos. 09-1723, 09-1796.

615 F.3d 263 (2010)

Betty J. OSTERGREN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kenneth T. CUCCINELLI, II, in his official capacity as Attorney General of Virginia, Defendant-Appellant. Electronic Privacy Information Center, Amicus Supporting Appellee. Betty J. Ostergren, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II, in his official capacity as Attorney General of Virginia, Defendant-Appellee. Electronic Privacy Information Center, Amicus Supporting Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 26, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Earle Duncan Getchell, Jr., Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Rebecca Kim Glenberg, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant. ON BRIEF: William C. Mims, Attorney General of Virginia, Stephen R. McCullough, State Solicitor General, William E. Thro, Special Counsel, Martin L. Kent, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Stephen M. Hall, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Frank M. Feibelman, Cooperating Attorney, ACLU of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant. Marc Rotenberg, John Verdi, Jared Kaprove, Matthew Phillips, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Supporting Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge DUNCAN wrote the opinion, in which Judge DAVIS and Judge GOODWIN concurred. Judge DAVIS wrote a separate concurring opinion.


OPINION

DUNCAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises from a First Amendment challenge to Virginia's Personal Information Privacy Act, Va.Code §§ 59.1-442 to -444. Section 59.1-443.2 prohibits "[i]ntentionally communicat[ing] another individual's social security number to the general public." The district court found this section unconstitutional as applied to an advocacy website that criticized Virginia's release of private information and showed...

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