Legal Opinion
Beoties Emory v. Clarence Peeler, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Superior Court Judge, Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 8, 1985No. 83-8477PublishedCited by 173 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
This is a suit brought by a juror in a state court murder trial against the judge who presided over the trial. The juror claimed that the judge violated his constitutional rights by singling him out in open court, after the jury returned its verdict, as the only juror to vote against the death penalty and by commenting about the juror to a news reporter in a published interview. The juror sought declaratory relief and money damages against the judge under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) 1 and the state law of
defamation. 2 The district court dismissed the suit, concluding that…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- City of Los Angeles v. LyonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by173 opinions
- Malowney v. Federal Collection Deposit GroupCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
- Ruth Bauer v. The State of Texas, the Presiding Judge of Probate Court Number 3 of Harris County, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
- Aldana v. Del Monte Fresh Produce, N.A.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005
- Shotz v. CatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
- Kelley v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1994
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