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Title: Costlow v. Weeks
Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Release Date : January 09, 1986
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 51 KB

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On April 24, 1985, the Costlows filed a civil rights complaint in the District Court for the Western District of Washington. In it, Ronald alleged that when he was an Alaskan state trooper in 1969 and 1970, numerous Alaskan officials and entities penalized, harassed, maliciously and falsely arrested, imprisoned, and convicted him of crimes he had not committed, all because he refused to follow the state polices allegedly discriminatory racial policies. He also claimed injury resulting from the defendants publication of the disputed events to Washington employers requesting employment references. He invoked federal jurisdiction on both federal question and diversity grounds.