June 8, 1998
DAILY BRIEFING
Supreme Court: Smithsonian not an agency
The Supreme Court today rejected an appeal by an employee of the Smithsonian Institution who said her privacy were rights were violated, letting stand a lower-court ruling that the Smithsonian is not a federal agency and therefore need not comply with a privacy-protection law.
Full story from the Associated Press.
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