John E. Reid and Associates, Inc. v. Netflix, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION JOHN E. REID AND ASSOCIATES, INC., Plaintiff, No. 19 CV 6781 v. Judge Manish S. Shah NETFLIX, INC., AVA DUVERNAY, and ARRAY ALLIANCE, INC., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER More than an hour into the fourth and final episode of the Netflix series When They See Us, a prosecutor corners one of the New York City detectives who, in episode one, was seen coercing confessions out of five innocent teenagers. During their exchange, the prosecutor says that the “Reid Technique has been universally rejected.”…