Legal Opinion
LeFrere v. Quezada
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 11, 2009No. 09-10024PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
Because state supreme courts are the final arbiters of state law, “when we write to a state law issue, we write in faint and disappearing ink,” and “once the state supreme court speaks the effect of anything we have written vanishes like the proverbial bat in daylight, only faster.” Sultenfuss v. Snow, 35 F.3d 1494, 1504 (11th Cir.1994) (Carnes, J., dissenting). A dozen years ago we held that under Alabama law jailers are entitled to absolute immunity against state law claims. Lancaster v. Monroe County, 116 F.3d 1419, 1431 (11th Cir.1997). This appeal presents the…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- West v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Joe Marsh, Leroy Owens v. Butler County, Alabama, the Butler County CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
- Ex Parte CranmanSupreme Court of Alabama · 2000
- Cottone v. JenneCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
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3Cited by51 opinions
- Walter Melton v. David AbstonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2016
- LeFrere v. QuezadaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2009
- Gailes v. Marengo County Sheriff's DepartmentDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 2013
- Robert B. Silliman v. Lou Ann CassellCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2012
- Mid-Continent Casualty Co. v. BasdeoDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 2010
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