Legal Opinion
Urban Sanitation Corp. v. City of Pell City, Ala.
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided July 9, 1986No. Civ. A. CV86-PT-0251-SPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PROPST, District Judge.
This cause comes on to be heard on various motions to dismiss converted to motions for summary judgment by order filed on May 29, 1986.
Early on it appeared to the court that this cause had all appearances of being either a pure breach of contract claim or a claim of a violation of a statutory duty for both of which state law would provide an adequate remedy. It occurred to the court that possibly, under such circumstances, no claim would be stated by virtue of the holding in Parratt v. Taylor, 451 U.S. 527, 101 S.Ct. 1908, 68 L.Ed.2d 420 (1981).…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Bishop v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Jean v. NelsonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by16 opinions
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