Legal Opinion
Gibson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 30, 1986No. 83-6118PublishedCited by 397 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NORRIS, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs Emily Gibson and her daughters, Michelle and Melanie, commenced this litigation on July 1, 1980, seeking compensatory and punitive damages for an alleged long-lasting conspiracy to violate their civil rights. The initial complaint joined as defendants the United States of America, the City of Los Angeles, two named FBI agents, and several unknown agents of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and the FBI. Detailed in this complaint is a farrago of allegations, the common theme of which is that from the late 1960’s through the eve of this lawsuit federal…
2Cases cited54 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by397 opinions
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- Richard L. Barron Linda M. Barron v. Robert Reich Department of Labor Robert KelleyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- Parviz Karim-Panahi v. Los Angeles Police DepartmentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Carol Van Strum Paul E. Merrell v. John C. LawnCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
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