LAW 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter taylor-v-sturgell : Federal Aviation Administration, Virtual Representation
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Taylor"s friend filed a lawsuit seeking information and was denied. Then taylor filed a similar action and the court bared suit based on the previous case. Greg herrick owned a plane and wanted information from the fairchild engine and airport corporation (feac) on how to restore his plane. They refused to submit documents and herrick filed a lawsuit against the federal aviation administration (faa) under the freedom on information act (foia which allows any person the right to request records held by a federal agency. Much of the ligation surrounded around the claim that the documents requested were trade secrets. Taylor, herrick"s friend, filed a suit seeking the same documents, this time covering all issues the appeals court told herrick he had missed in his litigation. In this litigation feac intervened and filed a motion to dismiss based on virtual representation, and the court agreed.
