Legal Opinion
Hobson v. Wilson
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 1, 1982No. Civ. A. 76-1326PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
OBERDORFER, District Judge.
Plaintiffs brought this action for damages and injunctive relief against the District of Columbia and a number of active and retired members of the Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”). 1 The amended complaint filed October 28, 1977, alleged that defendants had systematically violated plaintiffs’ constitutional rights, individually and through conspiracies, while plaintiffs engaged in lawful protest against government policy in the late 1960’s and in the 1970’s in the Washington area. Trial of the damages…
2Cases cited75 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Link v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Hobson v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Roland Riddell v. Riddell Washington CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1989
- Pope v. BondDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1986
- Subscription Television of Greater Washington v. KaufmannDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1985
- Rynn v. JaffeDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2006
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