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· 9/18/2002

White v. City of Toledo

Citations

  • 217 F. Supp. 2d 838
  • 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17534
  • 2002 WL 31084639

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding there is no “constitutional, statutory, or common law right that a private citizen has to require a public official to investigate or prosecute a crime.”
  • finding there is no “constitutional, statutory, or common law right that a private citizen has to require a public official to investigate or prosecute a crime.”
  • finding there is no “constitutional, statutory, or common law right that a private citizen has to require a public official to investigate or prosecute a crime.”
  • “[A] city’s alleged failure, even if intentional, to enforce [a] speed limit does not state a § 1983 claim against a municipality.”
  • victim of a crime does not have a right to have the alleged perpetrator investigated or criminally prosecuted
  • “[T]he law is also clear that there is no ‘constitutional, statutory, or common law right that a private citizen has to require a public official to investigate or prosecute a crime.’”

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Judges: Carr

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