Legal Opinion
James Lingler and Jeffrey Gezymalla v. John R. Fechko
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 10, 2002No. 01-3554PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.
The issue in this appeal is whether it was unconstitutional, under the Fifth Amendment, for a police chief to exact statements from subordinate officers about on-the-job activities in which the officers may have broken the law. The district court held that the exaction of such statements did not violate the Fifth Amendment where there was no evidence that the officers had been required to waive their privilege against self-incrimination and the statements had not been used against them in criminal proceedings. We agree with the district court’s holding,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Gardner v. BroderickSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Uniformed Sanitation Men Ass'n v. Commissioner of Sanitation of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Luther Wilkins, Jr. v. James A. MayCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- David Haddad v. Randall GreggCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2018
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