AIRTRANS, INC. v. MEAD

No. 02-6411.

389 F.3d 594 (2004)

AIRTRANS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kenneth MEAD, individually and in his capacity as Inspector General, U.S. Department of Transportation; Joseph Zschiesche, Special Agent, Office of Inspector General; Jeff Holt, Dyer County Sheriff; Larry Bell, Captain, Dyer County Sheriff's Department; Dyer County, Tennessee; Samsung International, Inc.; U.S. Logistics Inc.; and Christopher Asworth, Esq., Defendants-Appellees, United States of America, Intervenor, Four Unnamed Agents of the Tennessee Department of Transportation; Jimmy Porter, Dyer County Investigator Sheriff's Department, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 18, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Anthony J. McMahon, Bethesda, Maryland, for Appellant. Steve Frank, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., James B. Summers, Neely, Green, Faragarson, Brooke & Summers, Memphis, Tennessee, Edward Medina, Kirby & McGuinn, San Diego, California, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Anthony J. McMahon, Bethesda, Maryland, for Appellant. Steve Frank, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., James B. Summers, Neely, Green, Faragarson, Brooke & Summers, Memphis, Tennessee, Edward Medina, Dean T. Kirby, Jr., Kirby & McGuinn, San Diego, California, for Appellees.

Before: DAUGHTREY and SUTTON, Circuit Judges; COOK, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

This civil rights action, filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, was initiated by the plaintiff, AirTrans, Inc., a Dyer County (Tennessee) long-distance trucking company, while the company was under investigation by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) for alleged violations of federal criminal statutes. AirTrans sought damages from and injunctive relief against various state and federal government...

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