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5th Circuit Reverses Teen's Blocked Lawsuit Against New Orleans-Area Police Officers
August 06, 2024
PALO ALTO, California, Aug. 6 -- Cooley, a law firm, issued the following news release:

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The Fifth Circuit reversed a lower court's decision granting qualified immunity to officers who held Black teenagers looking for a lost dog at gunpoint

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New York - August 5, 2024 - On August 1, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in favor of Cooley pro bono client Bilal Hankins in a civil rights lawsuit arising from an u . . .

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