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· 10/7/1999

In Re: Laorphus Crawford, Debtor. Jack Ferm v. United States Trustee, in Re: Ibolya Rausch, Debtor. Jack Ferm v. United States Trustee

Citations

  • 194 F.3d 954
  • 42 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 1926
  • 99 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8236
  • 99 Daily Journal DAR 10523
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 24941
  • 1999 WL 795961

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that the 23 existence of a constitutionally protected “zone of privacy” is firmly established by 24 the Supreme Court
  • noting that the existence of a 28 constitutionally protected “zone of privacy” is firmly established by the Supreme 1 Court
  • agreeing that public disclosure of social security numbers may implicate the right to informational privacy in “an era of rampant identity theft”
  • explaining that the Supreme Court’s precedents recognize an “individual interest in avoiding disclosure of personal matters”
  • finding that public disclosure of non-attorney bankruptcy petition preparer’s social security number, which he was required to provide under 11 U.S.C. § 110(c), did not violate constitutional right to privacy
  • “Enhanced risk, in fact, 16 obtains anytime the government requires an individual to deposit identifying 17 information in the public record.”

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Judges: Fletcher, Tashima, Singl, Eton

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