Legal Opinion
Shabazz v. Scurr
District Court, S.D. Iowa
Decided May 28, 1987No. Civ. 81-399-E, 82-533-EPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
DONALD E. O’BRIEN, Chief Judge.
The Court has before it a question of first impression concerning the power of a former prison ombudsman for the Iowa Citizens’ Aide Ombudsman Office (“ICA/OO”) to act as a witness and a private investigator on behalf of plaintiffs in a federal constitutional ease which arose during his tenure as a prison ombudsman. The legal right of the former ombudsman, Mr. Ray Cornell, to serve in these capacities has been challenged by present members of the ICA/OO staff, who believe that Cornell’s rights are limited by privileges and immunities created by state law to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Upjohn Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Nixon v. Administrator of General ServicesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Gravel v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
3Cited by4 opinions
- Office of Citizens' Aide/Ombudsman v. Deb Edwards and Iowa Department of CorrectionsSupreme Court of Iowa · 2012
- Hansen v. Allen Memorial HospitalDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1992
- Kientzy v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.District Court, E.D. Missouri · 1991
- Office of Citizens' Aide/Ombudsman v. Deb Edwards and Iowa Department of CorrectionsSupreme Court of Iowa · 2012