Legal Opinion
Salahuddin v. Coughlin
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 8, 1986No. 339, Docket 85-2058PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal primarily concerns the availability of good-faith immunity to a civil rights action in a somewhat unusual context. Abdul Salahuddin appeals from a judgment of the District Court for the Western District of New York (John T. Curtin, Chief Judge) dismissing, on motion for summary judgment, his complaint, which sought relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982). Appellant contends that: (1) defendants 1 illegally confined him in a Special Housing Unit (SHU)2 for eight days without due process of law and lack a good-faith defense because they are charged with the…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Link v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Hughes v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Olim v. WakinekonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Wood v. StricklandSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by53 opinions
- Weber v. DellCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
- Morello v. JamesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- Cannon v. City and County of DenverCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
- Salahuddin v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
- Vasile v. Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1998
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