the Federal Aviation Administration limits `` actual damages '' under `` The Privacy Act . `` There was nothing to lose here . A Washington man sued when the government publicly revealed his HIV status . The four dozen -3 ruling pitted the court 's conservative majority against the liberal minority . Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg , the former solicitor general , did not participate .
the Federal Aviation Administration limits `` actual damages '' under `` The Privacy Act . A Washington man sued when the government publicly revealed his HIV status . The four dozen -3 ruling pitted the court 's conservative majority against the liberal minority . Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg , the former solicitor general , did not participate .