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· 3/7/1983

John Doe v. District of Columbia

Citations

  • 697 F.2d 1115
  • 225 U.S. App. D.C. 225

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • requiring protective order limiting counsel’s discussion of discovery materials with client to be narrowly drawn
  • explaining narrow tailoring means that there were no means less restrictive of a party’s access to their lawyer
  • explaining narrow tailoring means that there were no means less restrictive of a party’s access to their lawyer
  • compensation only for actual harm removes problem of jury guesswork as to value of constitutional rights in Bivens actions as in Sec. 1983 cases
  • analogizing cruel and unusual punishment to common-law tort rules

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: MacKinnon, Edwards, Robb

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