Legal Opinion
Rixson Merle Perry v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 23, 1986No. 82-1136PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
The only issue considered by the court en banc is Perry’s claim that a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) memorandum contained adverse and false information about him which was circulated to certain other federal law enforcement agencies to which he had applied for employment. On appeal there was also a question raised about whether the circulation was done maliciously. As a result of that memorandum Perry claims he was not hired, thereby implicating a liberty interest protected by the Fifth Amendment. The general factual background of this controversy…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Paul v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Board of Curators of the University of Missouri v. HorowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by75 opinions
- Betty J. Archie v. City of Racine, Ronald W. Chiapete, and George W. GieseCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- John F. Wroblewski v. City of WashburnCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Samuel Colaizzi and Samuel Indovina v. Daniel Walker, (Former) Governor of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Gary D. Swank v. James SmartCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Ratliff v. City of MilwaukeeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
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