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Garcia v. Montgomery County

District Court, D. Maryland

Decided November 5, 2015No. Civil Action No. TDC-12-3592PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

THEODORE D. CHUANG, United States District Judge

Plaintiff Mannie Garcia, an award-winning photojournalist, alleges that, in June 2011, he was arrested by Montgomery County Police Department officers for disorderly conduct solely because he was video recording them as they effected the arrest of two other people. He was later found not guilty of that offense. Garcia asserts that by arresting him for filming, the officers violated his rights under the First and Fourth Amendments to the Constitution, Garcia also contends that the video card in his camera, which contains the…

2Cases cited72 opinions

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  3. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982

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3Cited by14 opinions

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