how would I find out if I had a case or not concerning a civil rights issue?
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That sounds more like a privacy issue and may be governed more by school privacy rules than laws.  Unless the damages are significant, a lawyer may not take the case because they only get about one third of whatever you collect.  Also you may have to prove malicious intent, especially if others already had the information.  How did the teacher learn of the health problem?  Good luck.
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First of all you need to consult with an attorney that handles constitutional law, to ascertain as to whether or not your rights were violated. When you consult with the attorney, make sure that you have the following information: initial charges that caused the arrest, disposition of those charges, proof of innocense of those charges and above all be truthful with the attorney. Lying or withholding information from an attorney will not help your case, in fact it may cause greater problems down the line. Because if this goes to trial based on the information filed by your attorney and you are called to testify, you risk being charged with perjury and having your case dismissed.  \n\nIf the Attorney takes your case he will file pleadings under 42 USC Section 1983. That would be Title 42 of the United States Code Section 1983.\n\nThe following is what this statute entails:\n\nSection 1983. Civil action for deprivation of rights \n\n"Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer's judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable.  For the purposes of this section, any Act of Congress applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia shall be considered to be a statute of the District of Columbia."
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how did you not know?\nthere are seveal things you need to look at.  Where you served any papers or through publication(newspaper).  Did they know where you were at at the time.  you do have an appeal you can file!!!
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If you are seeking information on the lower court rulings from your area, check with the court if they have a website.  Not all case history are published.
764657
You can ask but you might get sued over it.\n\nCoach
667217
Dear Friend,\n\nYou would need to call the court who heard the case.  Unless you have access to Westlaw or Lexis, there's no other way to get the documents.  If you're not sure who heard the case, try to narrow it down to the state and federal courts closest to where the person lived.\n\nYour Friend,\nFrancesois
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You will want to consult www.findlaw.com.  It will ask you your location and the area of law (civil rights). You will probably have to pay something up front, but many lawyers will set up a reasonable payment plan if they decide to take your case. Please do not think that you will find a lawyer to represent you on a contingency basis ("If you don't win, you don't owe us a dime."). Those arrangements are reservced for "slam-dunk" cases where the extent and type of damage done to you by the defendant practically guarantees you a large financial recovery.  Most discrimination cases are not of this type, so you will likely have to pay something.  Good luck to you.
62363
You may have a case. Call your state's Attorney General's office or call a lawyer.
1007655
GET A LAWYER TO FIND OUT , OR CALL LOCAL GOVT TO FIND OUT
750360
You can go to the county court house. I'm sure they have something on-line. you can probably search it from your home. you can also look on a site like mylista.com and see if they have anything your interested in.
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They need more probable cause than a nervous look. Proving a civil rights violation can be very difficult unless you can document the cop's action.
165722
Too bad the law student didn't give the correct answer.  The only way the case information is going to be online is if the case was appealed and the Court of Appeal published its decision.  To review records of the trial court proceedings, you will need to actually go to the court house and manually review the file.\n\nIf you are referring to Dupage County in Illinois, I found that court's website and the link below tells you how to access public record of court files.
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You can check case status online at uscis.gov or you can call them.  Just be ready with the mail they sent you 'coz you need the case number from it which they'll verify.  But, you really won't know if you've been approved until you get the mail saying you are.
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Well, the first step is to identify where it happened. Was it a state case or federal? What state / district? Was it appealed? Do you have a formal citation for the case? Or even a year?\n\nThere are many legal database out there (findlaw.com being one of the more useful). But if you don't know what jurisdiction the case was, it's going to be impossible to find.
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Go to court and ask for the documents.  They're, for the most part, public record.  However, many cases are settled without any formal notation of the settlement with the Court.
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If you are the plaintiff (claiming to be the victim of police misconduct) then you just need to do a general google search with the name of your city and "civil rights lawyer" as your search terms.  Otherwise, if you are the defendant (accused of police misconduct) then you need to ask your own District Attorney for your city what private lawyers they work with.
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Ordinarily, the court will keep both parties well informed.  However, if you had representation, even a public "pretender" then that is the preson whom the court will community with about the status of the case.\n\nYou can go to the clerk of the court and obtain the signed document (hearing) that verifies that charges were dismissed.