Legal Opinion
Cox v. Roskelley
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 20, 2004No. 00-35887PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge:
The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether the district court properly denied qualified immunity to the individual Defendants/Appellants. Because the law was clearly established that publication of stigmatizing information without a name-clearing hearing violates due process, we AFFIRM.
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Background
In the summer of 1998, the Spokane County Road Department applied a seal coat to Bigelow Gulch Road; Unfortunately for the County, the mixture did not set as expected, resulting in damage to approximately eight hundred cars hit by flying rock chips and oil.
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2Cases cited10 opinions
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