Legal Opinion
Rankin v. Evans
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 29, 1998No. 95-4744PublishedCited by 213 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Senior District Judge:
This case, like some others involving allegations of sexual abuse of a child, inevitably evokes feelings of compassion for all of the participants involved in the long-running dispute. However, obviously the issues must be resolved dispassionately.
Plaintiff-appellant Doug Rankin was arrested in late November of 1988 and charged with the sexual abuse of a child under the age of twelve. Thereafter, not only did a grand jury not indict him; it affirmatively found that he was “completely innocent.” He and his wife, plaintiff-appellant Victoria Rankin, brought an…
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