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08 Jul 2022 in Municipal Lawyer Articles
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How Can Your City or County Begin Filing Affirmative Suits?
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01 Jul 2022 in Municipal Lawyer Articles
Supreme Court holds no Section 1983 Claims for Improper Admission at Criminal Trial of Un-Mirandized Statements
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29 Jun 2022 in Case Summaries (eNews)
Last week, in a win for local governments, the Supreme Court held 6-3 in Vega v. Tekoh, that an individual may not bring a Section 1983 claim based on an alleged improper admission of an unMirandized statement during a criminal prosecution. This case involves a deputy sheriff's investigation of sexual assault allegations. Deputy Vega believed his questioning was non-custodial and he did not Mirandize the suspect—Terence Tekoh—prior to asking questions about what had happened. Tekoh ultimately agreed to write down what...
Disruptive Public Meetings and the First Amendment
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28 Jun 2022 in Municipal Lawyer Articles