Legal Opinion
Shaw v. Garrison
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided March 4, 1975No. Civ. A. 70-466PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEEBE, Chief Judge:
We write today yet another chapter in what is undoubtedly one of the most bizarre episodes in American political and legal history. The matter before the Court arises out of the well publicized investigation conducted by then District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Jim Garrison, concerning the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963.
The instant case is a civil action for damages brought by plaintiff Clay L. Shaw against Garrison and others with whom he allegedly conspired to deprive plaintiff of his civil rights by prosecuting him in bad faith for…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Bell v. HoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Robertson v. WegmannSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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- Calvin INGRAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STEVEN ROBERT CORPORATION Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Clay L. Shaw v. Jim GarrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Sager v. City of Woodland ParkDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1982
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