| McBurney v. Young | |
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| Argued Feb. 20, 2013 Decided April 29, 2013 | |
| Full case name | Mark J. McBurney, et al. v. Nathaniel L. Young, Deputy Commissioner and Director, Virginia Division of Child Support Enforcement |
| Docket no. | 12-17 |
| Citations | 569 U.S. 221 (more) 133 S. Ct. 1709; 185 L. Ed. 2d 758 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Motion to dismiss granted, McBurney v. Mims, No. 3:09-cv-44, 2009 WL 1209037 (E.D. Va. Apr. 29, 2009); reversed in part and remanded sub. nom., McBurney v. Cuccinelli, 616 F.3d 393 (4th Cir. 2010); summary judgment granted, 780 F. Supp. 2d 439 (E.D. Va. 2011); affirmed, 667 F.3d 454 (4th Cir. 2012); cert. granted, 568 U.S. 936 (2012). |
| Holding | |
| A state can limit requests for state government documents exclusively to citizens that state. | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Alito, joined by unanimous |
| Concurrence | Thomas |
McBurney v. Young, 569 U.S. 221 (2013), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld Virginia and all states' right to restrict citizen requests for state government documents to citizens of that state.
The court rejected claims that this restriction is in violation of the Privileges or Immunities Clause because state government document requests are not a "fundamental" privilege nor immunity of citizenship. The court also upheld that the Virginia Freedom of Information Act does not violate the Dormant Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution.