Arkansas State Police and Bill Sadler

Summary

Justice Baker dissented from the majority's interpretation of the Driver's Privacy Protection Act, concluding that personal identifying information contained in Arkansas motor-vehicle accident reports remains protected even though factual information about the accident itself is excluded from the Act's definition of personal information. She reasoned that the statutes distinguish between protected personal information and nonprotected accident details, and that the information was obtained from the state motor-vehicle database. She would have reversed and remanded. Justice Goodson joined the dissent.