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Article • April 15, 2009
$50,000 Settlement for Illegal Strip Search After Arrest at Bush Rally by Iowa’s State Appeal Board has settled a lawsuit claiming retired school teachers Alice McCabe and Christine Nelson were illegally strip searched after being arrested at a 2004 campaign stop by President Bush. The settlement of $50,000 comes in …
Motion To Amend Untimely In Washington DC Civil Case by A U.S. district court in Washington, D.C. held the Plaintiffs in a civil case against U.S. Marshals may not amend the complaint to insert named Marshals in their individual capacities. On September 27, 2002, Paul Bame, Gregory Keltner and Ivan …
Article • April 15, 2009
New York Civil Case Settled in 1977 by Simply Clarifying Rule by A U.S. district court in New York allowed the New York City Police Department (NYCPD) to settle a civil case in 1977 by stipulating and clarifying the NYCPD’s policy on bystanders remaining in the area of an arrest …
Article • August 15, 2008
Filed under: Protests, Police, False Arrest
Seattle Police Settle World Trade Organization Protest Wrongful Arrest Suit for $1,000,000 by In October of 2000, Kenneth Rankin, Denise Cooper, Jennifer Hudziec and Stephanie Lane, all Washington state residents, filed a class action in federal court challenging the constitutionality of their arrest by Seattle, Washington police during a protest …
Pochoda v. Arpaio, AZ, Complaint, Unlawful Arrest, 2008 1 2 3 4 5 Joel B. Robbins, Esq. (011065) Anne E. Findling, Esq. (010871) ROBBINS & CURTIN, p.l.l.c. 301 East Bethany Home Road, Suite B-100 Phoenix, Arizona 85012 Tel: 602/285-0100 Fax: 602/265-0267 joel@robbinsandcurtin.com 6 7 8 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF …
Brief • January 31, 2008
Killmon v. City of Miami, FL, Mot for Final Part SJ, FTAA Protests 2008 Case 1:04-cv-20707-CMA Document 532 Entered on FLSD Docket 01/31/2008 Page 1 of 21 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 04-CV-20707 - ALTONAGA/Turnoff KILLMON, et al., Plaintiffs, vs. CITY OF MIAMI, et al., …
Diabetic ND Prisoner's Forced Medical Treatment Upheld by North Dakota State Penitentiary prisoner August T. Vogel, who is serving a 90-year sentence for first degree murder, refused medical monitoring and treatment for his diabetes after he was removed from work release, lost his job and was denied a parole board …
Oregon Protesters Awarded $845,000 in Excessive Force Actions by The City of Portland, Oregon has paid $300,000 in damages and $545,000 in attorney's fees to twelve protesters who brought excessive force actions against the Portland Police Bureau. On August 22, 2002, President Bush visited Portland. As a Republican fundraiser was …
Article • May 15, 2007
Ban on Public Speaking While Masked Held Unconstitutional by The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted declaratory relief and a permanent injunction on behalf of the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan against the New York Police Department (NYPD) and the City of New …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Organizing, Protests
Anti-Picketing Ordinance Unconstitutional; Anti-Noise Ordinance Not Vague or Overbroad by The United States Supreme Court held an Illinois Anti-Picketing law was unconstitutional, but an Anti-Noise law was not. A group of protesters were picketing outside the West Senior High School in Rockford; they were carrying signs that summarized their grievances: …
Article • May 15, 2007
Protesters' Sentences, Probation Conditions, Upheld; Special Assessments Reversed by The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals in a consolidated review of five cases, upheld the sentences and conditions of probation for five persons convicted of disobeying a park ranger's order, but reversed a special assessment levied by the trial court. …
Article • May 15, 2007
Protesters' Sentences, Probation Conditions, Upheld; Special Assessments Reversed by Protesters' Sentences, Probation Conditions, Upheld; Special Assessments Reversed The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals in a consolidated review of five cases, upheld the sentences and conditions of probation for five persons convicted of disobeying a park ranger's order, but reversed …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Organizing, Protests
Misdemeanor Conviction for Protesting on Jail Property Constitutional by The United States Supreme Court has held that a conviction for trespass on jail property does not violate demonstrators' constitutional rights to free speech and assembly. Harriett Louise Adderley and 31 students of the Florida A & M University in Tallahassee, …
Defendants Must Bear Costs of Depositions Sought by Indigent Prisoners; and Attorney-Client Privilege Waived by Defendants Must Bear Costs of Depositions Sought by Indigent Prisoners; and Attorney-Client Privilege Waived On remand from the United States Supreme Court, the Federal District Court of New York held that, generally, a party seeking …
Article • May 15, 2007
Supreme Court Restricts RICO Act's Application Against Protestors by The United States Supreme Court, in a decision with potentially far- reaching consequences for protestors, held that abortion services providers cannot use the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act, 18 U.S.C. §§1962(a), (c), and (d), the Hobbs' Act, 18 U.S.C. …
$4.1 Million Settlement Approved in Deadly Ohio Riot Litigation by An Ohio Federal District Court approved a settlement agreement and awarded attorney fees and costs from a common fund in litigation in the third- deadliest prison riot in recent United States history, during which nine prisoners and one guard were …
State Not Liable for Death of Guards by The court of appeals for the Seventh circuit held that the state of Illinois was not liable for the death of three guards and the injury of three guards during a prison riot. The court held the guards had no constitutional right …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Organizing, Protests
Illinois Residential Picketing Statute Unconstitutional by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a residential picketing statute that makes the picketing of residences or dwellings a misdemeanor, with certain enumerated exceptions, violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The plaintiffs in this action were fourteen members …
Article • May 15, 2007
Federal Deportation Detainees Stage Sit-In to Protest Delayed Hearings by On September 21, 2005, 950 deportation detainees at the federal Mira Loma Detention Center in Lancaster, California refused to return to their barracks for four hours after their 7 a.m. breakfast until prison officials assured them that their concerns regarding …
Raven v. City of Miami, FL, Motion, Seizure by Physical Force Projectiles Organized Event, 2007 Case 1:06-cv-21182-CMA Document 96 Entered on FLSD Docket 01/16/2007 Page 1 of 30 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA MIAMI DIVISION CASE NO: 06 - 21182 - CIV - JORDAN HOLLEY …
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