Legal Opinion
Hobson v. Brennan
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 16, 1985No. Civ. A. 76-1326PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
OBERDORFER, District Judge.
Defendants are former agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) who were involved in varying degrees in the FBI COINTELPRO 1 program. In June 1984, the Court of Appeals affirmed this Court’s order denying defendants’ motion for a judgment notwithstanding a jury verdict against them. Hobson v. Wilson, supra. The jury found that defendants had engaged in a complex conspiracy, actionable under 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3), 2 to violate First Amendment rights of certain plaintiffs. The Court of Appeals remanded the case to this Court for redetermination of…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Wilson v. GarciaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- DelCostello v. International Brotherhood of TeamstersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Carlson v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Alan McSurely v. George W. HutchisonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987
- Pope v. BondDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1986
- Alder v. Columbia Historical SocietyDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1988
- Rodgers v. Corporation of Harpers FerryWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1988
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