Knox argues that the criminal sanction for failure to file, coupled with the danger of incrimination if he filed truthfully, was more coercive in its effect than, for example, the prospect that the petitioners in Dennis would lose their jobs as union officers unless they filed non-Communist affidavits.
Late last year, the National Coalition of Associations of 7-Eleven Franchisees filed another suit in California alleging additional coercive attempts at corporate control.
But the civil lawsuit, filed in San Francisco County Superior Court, calls the tactics "coercive" and "deceptive" and says the program "has not been approved by any California court or prosecutor".
According to papers filed by his lawyers, Azar was threatened, subjected to coercive interrogation techniques and induced to sign a confession.
Mr. Odeh, who has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from the embassy bombings and a broader terrorism conspiracy, filed his affidavit along with an extensive motion that cited coercive police tactics during nearly three weeks of interrogation in Pakistan and Kenya.
Less than three months later, McGraw filed a lawsuit against Purdue, charging the company with "highly coercive and inappropriate tactics to attempt to get physicians and pharmacists to prescribe OxyContin and to fill prescriptions for OxyContin, often when it was not called for," and seeking millions of dollars in compensation for state medical costs.
Damore filed a complaint Monday with the National Labor Relations Board, alleging he was subjected to "coercive statements" by Google, according to the Associated Press.
The 1983 manual on interrogation and the 1985 prohibition against coercive methods were made public in response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by The Baltimore Sun for a series on the C.I.A.'s relationship with a Honduran military battalion.
Damore claimed in a complaint filed on Monday to the National Labor Relations Board that he had been subject to "coercive statements" at Google.
A low-budget black-and-white indie film with Tobey Maguire, it was the subject of a lawsuit filed by producer David Stutman, who alleged that DiCaprio and Maguire "carried out a fraudulent and coercive campaign to prevent release of the film", because Maguire was worried that his improvised performance "revealed personal experiences or tendencies".
