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Dittman v. California

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Criticized by some courts
Court
Ninth Circuit
Citation
191 F.3d 1020
Decided
Confirmed treatments
1
Flagged citations read
74 of 74
Citing cases (total)
74
Treatment dates
2012
Criticized by some courts
At least one reviewed court has criticized this case’s reasoning. No reviewed court has overruled it. Dittman v. California has been criticized on its Privacy Act reasoning. All 74 flagged citations have been read.
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The Seventh Circuit called Dittman's reliance on Polchowski v. Gorris unpersuasive when considering enforcement of Privacy Act § 7 through § 1983, but expressly left that enforcement question undecided. The confirmed criticism is listed below.

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74 later cases cite Dittman v. California; 74 of those citations sat close to treatment language and were flagged for reading, and all of them have been read. Citations that did not sit near treatment language were not flagged and were not read one by one, so a court that weakened this case without using any of that language would not appear here.

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Treatments

Criticized

  • The Seventh Circuit called Dittman's reliance on Polchowski unpersuasive, while leaving undecided whether Privacy Act § 7 is enforceable through § 1983.

    Gonzalez v. Village of West Milwaukee · Seventh Circuit · filed

    To the extent Dittman relies on Polchowski, see 191 F.3d at 1028-29, Dittman is unpersuasive.
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