Legal Opinion

Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. Brown

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 28, 1997No. 95-1100PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

520 U.S. 397 (1997)

BOARD OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BRYAN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

v.

BROWN et al.

No. 95-1100.

United States Supreme Court.

Argued November 5, 1996.

Decided April 28, 1997.

CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

2Opinion of the Court · O'ConnorO'Connor, J.

J., and Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas, JJ., joined. Souter, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Stevens and Breyer, JJ., joined, post, p. 416. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Stevens and Ginsburg, JJ., joined, post, p. 430.

Wallace B. Jefferson argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Sharon E. Callaway.

Bryan…

Also in this document: Opinion of the Court · O'Connor; Dissent · Souter; Dissent · Breyer.

3Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. City of Canton v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. Daniels v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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4Cited by18 opinions

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  5. Jonathon Castro v. County of Los AngelesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2015

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