Legal Opinion
Simpson v. Weeks
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 18, 1978No. 77-1331PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Circuit Judge.
In the latter part of 1974 Gale Weeks, formerly the Chief of Police of Little Rock, Arkansas, and several other police officers were charged in a federal district court with violating the civil rights of city prisoners. Shortly after the trial began Weeks, through an informant, learned that one or more city police officers had allegedly discussed the case with Richard Mays, the attorney representing the plaintiffs in the civil rights action. Lieutenant W. E. “Sonny” Simpson was identified as one of those officers.1 Shortly after he was identified as having conferred with…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Steffel v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Police Dept. of Chicago v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Charles E. Egger v. Harlan C. PhillipsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Lewis v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1986
- Morrow v. DillardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Barbara McGill v. Board of Education of Pekin Elementary School District No. 108 of Tazewell County, IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- Universal Amusement Co., Inc. v. Carol Vance King Arts Theatre, Inc. v. George E. McCrea the State of TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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