Legal Opinion
Love ex rel. Love v. Budai
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 16, 1981No. 79-1551PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion PER CURIAM.
2Per curiam
The District of Columbia has moved that we reconsider our decision to publish the per curiam opinion in the above-captioned case. Local Rule 8(f) provides that unpublished opinions may not be cited in briefs or memoranda as precedents. The District asserts that our decision should not be published and become precedent because “it resolves an important question concerning which there is disagreement in this Circuit, but which was not briefed in this case” —whether punitive damages may be received in actions brought to redress deprivations of constitutional rights. We do not…
3Cases cited5 opinions
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- Sheila Payne, Next Best Friend of Franklin Payne, a Minor v. Government of the District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- David Lee Den Hartigh v. John Latin, Jr. Michael H. Marsh v. Walter W. HollingsworthCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Calhoun v. Kentucky-West Virginia Gas Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1948
- Columbia Pictures Corp. v. GrengsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1958
4Cited by1 opinion
- Love v. BudaiCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981