Legal Opinion

John George Diamond v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided February 9, 1981No. 80-1686PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant John George Diamond appeals from a judgment dismissing his complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. The complaint requested that the Government “be ordered to expunge from the records maintained by [it] all references to [Diamond’s] indictment and arrest[,]” both of which occurred in 1962. In particular, he seeks the destruction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s rap sheet showing his 1962 arrest and indictment for assisting a co-defendant to evade the latter’s federal income taxes. He does not seek the removal…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Dale B. Menard v. William B. Saxbe, Attorney General of the United States and Clarence M. KelleyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
  3. Dale B. Menard v. John N. Mitchell and John Edgar HooverCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
  4. Davidson v. DillSupreme Court of Colorado · 1972
  5. United States v. James P. LinnCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1975

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3Cited by38 opinions

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  3. Guadalupe F. Alvarez, Cross-Appellees v. Joan of Arc, Inc., Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
  4. Sealed v. SealedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
  5. United States v. Mitchell S. JanikCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994

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