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Higgs v. District Court In & For the County of Douglas

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided December 2, 1985No. Nos. 83SA493, 84SA19PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

QUINN, Chief Justice.

These consolidated original proceedings, brought under C.A.R. 21, arise out of a civil rights action initiated by Ronald Higgs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) against James R. Florey, Jr., and Michael Miller, deputy district attorneys in the District Attorney’s Office for the Eighteenth Judicial District, following a jury verdict acquitting Higgs of the crimes of first degree burglary, first degree sexual assault, and first degree criminal trespass. Higgs’ action was based on the claim that Florey and Miller deprived him of his civil rights in the course of…

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2Cases cited70 opinions

  1. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Stump v. SparkmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967

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3Cited by10 opinions

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  2. People v. BowersSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
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  4. State v. MasonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
  5. People v. HiseColorado Court of Appeals · 1986

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