Legal Opinion
Whitaker v. Garcetti
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 9, 2007No. 05-55629, 05-55690PublishedCited by 184 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRABER, Circuit Judge.
Eight individual Plaintiffs allege that Defendants, who are individuals and entities associated with the City and County of Los Angeles, intercepted Plaintiffs’ telephone calls after having obtained wiretap authorizations by using falsified warrant applications. Plaintiffs also allege that Defendants unconstitutionally concealed the existence of the wiretaps by using a “handoff’ procedure. Plaintiffs sued Defendants under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for declaratory and monetary relief. 1 The district court granted summary judgment to Plaintiffs on their claim for declaratory relief…
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- Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
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