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Interference With Privacy - In What Forms Might It Be Actionable In Virginia?, Robert F. Brooks, Robert M. Rolfe
Interference With Privacy - In What Forms Might It Be Actionable In Virginia?, Robert F. Brooks, Robert M. Rolfe
University of Richmond Law Review
Much has been written about the right of privacy since the 1890 law review article by Samuel Warren and Louis Brandeis which first proposed that such a right be recognized. In the ensuing years the tort of invasion of privacy, which is, in reality, an amalgam of four separate torts, has been widely accepted. In spite of the burgeoning recognition of various rights assembled under the rubric of right to privacy, the Supreme Court of Virginia has never decided whether private citizens are entitled to protection of their personal privacy against invasions by other private citizens. It is the intent …