Legal Opinion
O'NEAL v. DeKalb County, Ga.
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided June 15, 1987No. Civ. A. C85-4643APublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT H. HALL, District Judge.
Plaintiffs bring this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action seeking monetary damages. Federal jurisdiction is predicated upon 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1343. Plaintiffs also invoke this court’s pendent jurisdiction to consider their state law claims for wrongful death and medical malpractice. The action is currently before the court on defendants’ motions for summary judgment.
FACTS
The following facts are not disputed by the parties:
Plaintiffs are the sole surviving legitimate and lawful children of George Washington O’Neal, Sr. (“O’Neal” or “decedent”) who was not…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- 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
- Baker v. McCollanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Tennessee v. GarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by7 opinions
- George Washington O'neal, Jr., Cross-Appellees v. Dekalb County, Georgia, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- Waldrop v. EvansDistrict Court, M.D. Georgia · 1988
- Estate of Jackson v. City of RochesterDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1989
- Jones v. Mid America Expositions, Inc.District Court, S.D. Ohio · 1989
- Sample v. Schuller International, Inc.District Court, S.D. Georgia · 1993
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