· 11/15/1879
Shields v. Pipes
Citations
- 31 La. 765
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- holding that a plaintiff whose personal information was accessed and spread by local officers hadn’t suffered a Fourth Amendment injury because reputation isn’t a protected liberty interest
- holding that a state’s sovereign immunity doctrine is a matter of substantive law
- “Certainly, there is no question that an individual cannot expect to have a constitutionally protected privacy interest in matters of public record.”
- no private right of action provided by Nebraska criminal statutes relied up on by plaintiff
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