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Postscript: City of Durham Response

By KC Johnson

The City of Durham has filed a 51-page response to the lacrosse players? lawsuit. The basic argument: it was all Nifong?s fault, and since Nifong was a state employee, the city can?t be held liable for anything he did. The response is particularly passionate in its sections demanding dismissal of the players? call for injunctive relief to ensure due process protections for future defendants that encounter the Durham Police Department. The basic thesis recalls the ?novel legal theories? talking point of Durham spokesperson Beverly Thompson from the day the civil suit was filed. The central fact of this case is that the Plaintiffs cannot recover against Mr. Nifong?s employer?the State of North Carolina?because it has absolute immunity...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on January 16, 2008 (boomark / email).