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BORAKS v. WILSON

Civ. A. No. 74-402.

383 F.Supp. 195 (1974)

Robert A. W. BORAKS and Nicola-Maria Barthen, Plaintiffs, v. Jerry V. WILSON et al., Defendants,

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

August 22, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Weissbrodt, William H. Allen, Covington & Burling, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs; Ralph J. Temple, ACLU Fund, of counsel.

C. Francis Murphy, Corp. Counsel Dist. of Columbia, John A. Earnest, Mellie H. Nelson, Asst. Corp. Counsels, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

SIRICA, District Judge.

This case concerns a suit resulting from alleged police misuse of the Washington Area Law Enforcement System (WALES) — a computer system containing records of outstanding warrants, traffic tickets, etc. Plaintiff Nicola-Maria Barthen was stopped for a traffic violation on March 15, 1974. The arresting officer radioed WALES to see if there were any outstanding warrants against Ms. Barthen. When he learned that there...

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