Legal Opinion
Rochon v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 11, 1988No. Civ. A. 87-3008PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.
Introduction
The allegations in this complaint are repugnant and chilling. Plaintiffs, a black Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) agent and his wife, charge that FBI field agents and supervisors for more than three years committed or condoned frequent acts of racial harassment against them. This harassment allegedly included hate mail, obscene phone calls, assault and battery, death threats as well as threats of castration, mutilation, sodomy, and rape, and the use of pictures and defaced photographs (including a photograph of plaintiffs’ children)…
2Cases cited76 opinions
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- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by28 opinions
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