Holding: An attorney’s solicitation of clients is not a permissible purpose covered by the “litigation exception” to the federal Driver’s Privacy Protection Act.
Judgment: Vacated and remanded, 5-4, in an opinion by Justice Kennedy on June 17, 2013. Justice Ginsburg filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Scalia, Justice Sotomayor, and Justice Kagan joined.
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