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Litigation

Jan. 20, 2011

Cooper v. Federal Aviation Administration

Civil, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, San Francisco


U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker, holding that the federal Privacy Act awards damages only for pecuniary injuries, refused to recognize the emotional distress claim of a gay pilot with HIV whose condition the Social Security Administration wrongfully disclosed to the Federal Aviation Administration. The government indicted the pilot, Stanmore Cooper, on three felony counts of making false statements for having failed to disclose his medical condition when he applied fo...

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