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· 11/15/1879

Shields v. Pipes

Citations

  • 31 La. 765

How courts have described this case

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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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