Legal Opinion
Gary Baskin and Beulah Baskin v. Eugene Parker and Curtis L. Smith
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 1, 1979No. 76-4071PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
“[T]he King hath no prerogative, but that which the law of the land allows him,” declared Sir Edward Coke in Proclamations, 12 Co.Rep. 74, 76 (1611). Now, over three centuries later, we examine further the scope of the principle that those who enforce the law must themselves obey it in the light of the federal Civil Rights Act that permits suit against every person who under color of a state law subjects any citizen to the deprivation of the rights secured by the Constitution and the laws of the United States. 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
Mrs. J.A. Baskin and her son, Gary…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Sullivan v. Little Hunting Park, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Nathaniel Williams v. Leon J. Vincent, Superintendent of Green Haven Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- James H. McLellan v. Mississippi Power & Light Company, International Brotherhood of Electricalworkers, Local 605 Electrical WorkersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Gary Baskin and Beulah Baskin v. Eugene Parker and Curtis L. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Leo Henzel v. Richard Gerstein, Robert L. Shevin, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Daniel R. Rutherford and Linda D. Rutherford v. United States of America, District Director of the Internal Revenue Service and Marvin KuntzCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Russell Thomas Palmer, Jr. v. Ted S. Hudson, OfficerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
- Smith v. DooleyDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1984
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