NEAL v. FAIRFAX COUNTY POLICE DEPT.

Record No. 191127, Record No. 191129.

849 S.E.2d 123 (2020)

Harrison NEAL v. FAIRFAX COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al. Fairfax County Police Department, et al. v. Harrison Neal.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 22, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward S. Rosenthal , Alexandria, ( David C. Rohrbach ; Daniel C. Collier ; Eden Heilman , Richmond; Jennifer Safstrom ; Rich Rosenthal Brincefield Manitta Dzubin & Kroeger; American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Virginia, on briefs), for appellant in 191127.

Stuart A. Raphael ( Elizabeth D. Teare , County Attorney; Karen L. Gibbons , Deputy County Attorney; Kimberly P. Baucom , Senior Assistant County Attorney; Trevor S. Cox ; Matthew R. McGuire ; Hunton Andrews Kurth , on brief, Richmond), for appellees in 191127.

Stuart A. Raphael ( Elizabeth D. Teare , County Attorney; Karen L. Gibbons , Deputy County Attorney; Kimberly P. Baucom , Senior Assistant County Attorney; Trevor S. Cox ; Matthew R. McGuire ; Hunton Andrews Kurth , on brief, Richmond), for appellants in 191129.

Edward S. Rosenthal , Alexandria, ( David C. Rohrbach ; Daniel C. Collier ; Eden Heilman , Richmond; Jennifer Safstrom ; Rich Rosenthal Brincefield Manitta Dzubin & Kroeger; American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Virginia, on briefs), for appellee in 191129.

Amici Curiae: Twenty-two Present and Former Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys, in Their Individual Capacites ( Charles J. Dickenson ; Woods Rogers , on brief, Roanoke), in support of appellants in 191129.

Amicus Curiae: The Rutherford Institute ( John W. Whitehead , Charlottesville; Douglas R. McKusik , on brief), in support of appellee in 191129.

Amici Curiae: Electronic Frontier Foundation and Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School ( Matthew J. Erausquin ; Naomi Gilens ; Rachel Levinson-Waldman ; Consumer Litigation Associates; Electronic Frontier Foundation; Brennan Center for Justice at NYU law School, on brief), in support of appellee in 191129.

PRESENT: Lemons, C.J., Mims, Powell, Kelsey, McCullough, and Chafin, JJ., and Millette, S.J.


The Fairfax County Police Department ("Police Department") appeals from an injunction that prohibits it from passively collecting, storing, and using license plate and related data through its Automated License Plate Recognition ("ALPR") system. Among other things, the Police Department contends that the...

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