Legal Opinion
Nivens v. Gilchrist
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 11, 2003No. 02-1176PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILLIAMS wrote the opinion, in which Judge MOTZ and Judge KING joined.
OPINION
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Appellants Kenneth Scott Nivens, Glen Lance Maners, and Terri Lynn Stork brought an action in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West Supp.2002) and the Federal Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 2201 and 2202 (West 1994), to enjoin the pending state criminal drug prosecutions against them, alleging that their payment of North Carolina’s drug tax was a criminal, not civil,…
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3Cited by38 opinions
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