Legal Opinion
Josiah Haynesworth and Fred Hancock v. Frank P. Miller, Chief, Law Enforcement Section, Office of the Corporation Counsel, (Two Cases)
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 29, 1987No. 79-1244, 80-1383PublishedCited by 364 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROBINSON.
Concurring Opinion filed by Senior District Judge VAN PELT.
ROBINSON, Spottswood W., Ill, Circuit Judge:
Josiah Haynesworth and Fred Hancock brought this Bivens action1 for alleged violations of their First, Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights by the District of Columbia and several of its officials.2 Appellants aver that they were victimized by a policy of retaliatory prosecution — a practice of pursuing criminal charges against individuals who have endured wrongful arrests, solely because they refuse to waive civil suits against the…
2Cases cited129 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by364 opinions
- City of Canton v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Shaw v. StroudCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994
- Hartman v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Maldonado-Denis v. Castillo-RodriguezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
- Stewart, Sonya v. Evans, Donald L.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2002
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