Legal Opinion
Doe v. Briley
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 16, 2009No. 07-6300PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff appeals the district court’s order vacating a 34-year-old consent decree that proscribed the publication of certain arrest records. We agree with the district court that subsequent caselaw has swept away the decree’s constitutional foundation. We therefore affirm.
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This case comes to us after lying dormant for a generation. On April 12, 1973, Plaintiff John Doe (“Doe”) sued several officials of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (“Metro”), and the director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (“TBI”), all in their official…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Paul v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Olim v. WakinekonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Wisconsin v. ConstantineauSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Rufo v. Inmates of Suffolk County JailSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- James Anthony Sweeton v. Robert Brown, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- D'AMBROSIO v. BagleyDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 2010
- Evans v. FentyDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
- Salazar v. District of ColumbiaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
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