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D.C. Circuit· 4/10/1984

Albright v. United States

Citations

  • 235 U.S. App. D.C. 295
  • 732 F.2d 181
  • 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 23698

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that “emotional trauma alone is sufficient to qualify as an ‘adverse effect’ ”
  • stating that \emotional trauma alone is sufficient to qualify as an `adverse effect'\
  • holding a plaintiff recovered damages under the Act by producing actual evidence to show she suffered emotional trauma caused by the agency’s violation of the Act
  • noting that an agency acts intentionally or willfully “either by committing the act without grounds for believing it to be lawful, or by flagrantly disregarding others’ rights under the Act”
  • stating that \emotional trauma alone is sufficient to qualify as an `adverse effect'\
  • considering agency's actions prior to and after decision to videotape meeting, including subsequent offer to destroy videotape at issue, in finding actions not intentional or willful

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Judges: Wald, Wilkey, Wright

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