Legal Opinion
Marchant v. City of Little Rock, Ark.
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided February 22, 1983No. LR-C-80-156PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
WOODS, District Judge.
The Pleadings
The complaint based on 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleges that plaintiff was an inmate of the Little Rock City Jail from September 5-27, 1979. She sued the City of Little Rock, the Mayor, City Manager, Chief of Police, and jail administrator. She claimed the City had a history of indifference to and neglect of jail prisoners and that the other defendants had neglected to properly supervise jail personnel so that medical attention to prisoners was inadequate. The gravamen of plaintiff’s individual complaint was that she had not been given her…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Rizzo v. GoodeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Marchant v. City of Little RockCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- Winnie Marchant v. City Of Little RockCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984