Legal Opinion
Estate of Cooper by and Through Cooper v. Leamer
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 10, 1989No. Civ. A. 87-1560PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
CALDWELL, District Judge.
Introduction
Currently before the court in this civil rights action are the defendants’ Fed.R.Civ. P. 56 summary judgment motions. Because they present many similar, if not identical issues, we shall discuss the motions jointly in this memorandum. Background
This case arises from the November, 1986, shooting death of David Cooper, a twenty-three year old convicted felon and escapee from the Bedford County Jail. Armed with warrants for Cooper’s arrest and suspecting that he might appear at his parents’ remote mountain property in Hun-tingdon and Bedford…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by11 opinions
- McCurdy v. DoddCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2003
- Mccurdy v. DoddCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2003
- Pahle v. Colebrookdale TownshipDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2002
- Columbus v. BiggioDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1999
- Kinney v. Indiana Youth CenterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
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