Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, Inc. v. City of Springboro

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• concluding that genuine issues of material fact remained as to officers' motivation in effecting a lengthy detention of pro-life activists
• concluding that where there were genuine issues of material fact regarding whether the defendants would have taken the same action absent the plaintiffs’ protected activity, summary judgment was inappropriate
• holding that the U.S. Marshals Service is immune from suit as agency of the United States
• concluding that genuine issues of material fact remained as to officers’ motivation in effecting a lengthy detention of pro-life activists
• affirming grant of summary judgment to federal officers on all claims against them in their official capacity, including a claim under § 1985, on sovereign immunity grounds
• finding a Fourth Amendment violation where local law enforcement officers detained suspects for an investigation by FBI officers, even after the local law enforcement officers’ initial investigation dispelled their suspicions that the suspects were engaged in criminal activity

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