William W. Finlator Papers, 1935-1977

Container Title
Series: Legal Files
1983-1996
Box   4
Folder   1
List of attorneys for Mark Curtis Defense Committee
Attorney contracts
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Folder   2
Mark Pennington, 1988
Box   4
Folder   3
William Kutmus, 1988
Box   4
Folder   4
Eichhorn, 1989
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Folder   5
Jed Stone, 1996
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Folder   6
Matt Piers, 1996
Police Frame-up of Curtis, Background on Des Moines police
Box   4
Folder   7
Report of Mayors Advisory Committee, 1983
Box   4
Folder   8
Des Moines Civil Service Commission Report, 1988
Box   4
Folder   9
United States Justice Department Report, 1989
Box   4
Folder   10
Register article on Joseph Gonzalez
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Folder   11
Register clippings on Dusenberry brutality charges
Pre-Trial Documents
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Folder   12
Correspondence regarding Des Moines Police Internal Affairs investigation of beating of Mark Curtis
Box   4
Folder   13
March 7, 1988 charges against Curtis
Box   4
Folder   14
April 6, 1988 new charges against Curtis and minutes of testimony
May depositions
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Folder   15
Demetria Morris
Box   4
Folder   16
Jason Morris
Box   4
Folder   17
Joseph Gonzalez
Box   4
Folder   18
Richard Glade
Police assault charges against Curtis
Depositions
Box   4
Folder   19
Dusenberry
Box   4
Folder   20
Wolf
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Folder   21
Motion to drop charges against Curtis
Trial
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Folder   22
Trial transcript
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Folder   23
Transcript summary prepared by Margaret Winter
Stenographic notes on summary arguments
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Folder   24
Mark Pennington
Box   4
Folder   25
Catherine Thune
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Folder   26
Verdict
1988-1995
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Folder   27
Motion for a new trial
State Appeals
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Folder   28
Appeal to Iowa Supreme Court, 1989
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Folder   29
Iowa Court of Appeals decision, 1990
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Folder   30
Request for review of decision, 1990
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Folder   31
Denial of request, 1990
Federal Appeal
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Folder   32
Writ of Habeas Corpus, 1993
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Folder   33
Denial of Writ by Federal District Court, 1994
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Folder   34
Appeal to United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1994
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Folder   35
Curtis' Appeal Brief, 1994
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Folder   36
Decision rejecting appeal by U.S. Court of Appeals, 1995
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Folder   37
Curtis letter to Kutmus declining appeal to Supreme Court, 1995
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Folder   38
Correspondence on right of Mark Curtis Defense Committee to distribute On Trial video, 1989
1989-1993
Curtis lawsuit against Police Brutality
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Folder   39
Complaint, 1989
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Folder   40
Documents in Resistance to defendants' motion for summary judgment, 1991
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Folder   41
Judgment in Curtis v. Des Moines, 1992
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Folder   42
Morris' notice of filing lien, 1992
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Folder   43
Report of the parties regarding attorneys fees and costs, 1992
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Folder   44
Checks to Curtis from City of Des Moines, 1992
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Folder   45
Final judgment, 1992
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Folder   46
U.S. Court of Appeals Ruling on Disposition of Frees, 1993
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Folder   47
Petition for Rehearing, 1993
1989-1991
Morris Harassment Suit
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Folder   48
Morris harassment suit petition, 1989
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Folder   49
Summary judgment against Curtis on liability, 1990
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Folder   50
Trial transcript, 1990
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Folder   51
Transcript of video deposition of Mark Curtis, 1990
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Folder   52
Motion, brief and affidavits for protective order, 1990
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Folder   53
Protective order protecting names of contributors to Mark Curtis Defense Committee, 1990
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Folder   54
Judgment, 1991
1992-1996
Curtis challenge to prison lock-up
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Folder   55
Iowa Department of Corrections brochure on Iowa State Penitentiary
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Folder   56
Iowa State Penitentiary Disciplinary Polices and Practices
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Folder   57
Des Moines Register article, “Prison lock-up Practice decried as brutal treatment of inmates,” 1992
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Folder   58
Investigation Segregation Notice, 1994
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Folder   59
Summary Segregation Notice, 1994
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Folder   60
Damico memo, 1994
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Folder   61
Barnett interview, 1994
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Folder   62
Curtis request for information on investigation, 1994
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Folder   63
Disciplinary notice, 1994
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Folder   64
Curtis request for statements from witnesses and for the right to legal representation, 1994
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Folder   65
Decision of administrative law judge Charles Harper, 1994
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Folder   66
Curtis appeal, 1994
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Folder   67
Curtis request for information on date he was placed in summary segregation, 1994
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Folder   68
Appeal rejection by Iowa State Penitentiary, 1994
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Folder   69
Curtis supplemental appeal, 1996
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Folder   70-71
Iowa State Penitentiary rejection of supplemental appeal, 1994
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Folder   72
Kutmus letter to Department of Corrections, 1994
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Folder   73
Curtis appeal to Iowa Department of Corrections, 1994
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Folder   74
Department of Corrections rejection of appeal, 1994
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Folder   75
Application for Post Conviction Relief in Lee County Court, 1995
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Folder   76
Answer to Iowa Department of Justice to Post Conviction Relief, 1995
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Folder   77
Curtis request for dismissal without prejudice due to granting of parole, 1996
Box   4
Folder   78
State Motion for Summary Judgment based on Parole, 1996