PATON v. LA PRADE

Nos. 74-2237 and 75-1063.

524 F.2d 862 (1975)

Lori PATON, a minor under 18, suing by her father, Arthur Paton, and William Gabrielson, Appellants in No. 74-2237, v. J. Wallace LA PRADE, Special Agent In Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Newark, New Jersey, et al., Appellants in No. 75-1063.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided October 14, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin L. Wulf, American Civil Liberties Union Federation, New York City, Frank Askin, William J. Bender, Rutgers Constitutional Litigation Clinic, Newark, N. J., for appellants.

Jonathan L. Goldstein, U. S. Atty., Jack C. Keeney, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen.,

Robert L. Keuch, David H. White, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before VAN DUSEN, ROSENN and WEIS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, Lori Paton, a 16 year old student at West Morris Mendham High School, and William Gabrielson, chairman of the school's Social Studies Department, brought this civil action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief and compensatory and punitive damages. Their complaint alleged that the defendants, J. Wallace La Prade, special agent in charge of the Newark FBI office, "John Doe" (now identified as John...

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