· 9/21/1998
Cynthia Bloch and Thomas Bloch v. Sheriff L. John Ribar
Citations
- 156 F.3d 673
- 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 23248
How courts have described this case
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- holding that a combination of embarrassment, humiliation, and emotional distress is sufficient to chill for Mt. Healthy’s purposes
- holding that a combination of embarrassment, humiliation, and emotional distress is sufficient to chill for Mt. Healthy's purposes
- holding that a sheriff's publication of the explicit details of a rape in retaliation for the rape victim's criticism of the sheriff was sufficiently adverse to \chill people of ordinary firmness\
- concluding that a rape victim has a constitutionally protected right to privacy against intimate details of the crime being released to the press
- holding that, in response to a rape victim’s criticism of the investigation, a sheriff’s release of confidential and humiliating information about the victim’s rape would likely deter a person of ordinary firmness from engaging in protected speech
- holding that, in response to a rape victim's criticism of the investigation, a sheriff's release of confidential and humiliating information about the victim's rape would likely deter a person of ordinary firmness from engaging in protected speech
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Judges: Gilman, Godbold, Guy
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