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Vidrine v. U.S., No. 6:07-CV-1204-RFD-KK (W.D.La.) (2011 WL 7047837) (September 30, 2011) (Judge Rebecca F. Doherty)

Loaded on Oct. 17, 2011 published in Punch and Jurists October 17, 2011
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Punitive Damages.

Here the Court ordered the Government to pay $1.7 in actual damages after finding that the Government had prosecuted the plaintiff with malice and without probable cause, based principally on the false and and fabricated testimony of one EPA agent.

In this chilling 142-page ruling, Judge Rebecca Doherty explained her ...

 

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