Legal Opinion

Cantrell v. DeKalb County

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided August 3, 2001PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., J.,

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which BEN H. CANTRELL, P.J., M.S., and PATRICIA J. COTTRELL, J., joined.

This appeal involves two deputy sheriffs’ response to a church’s complaint that one of its members was disrupting a church assembly. After the deputy sheriffs suggested that he leave the premises, the church member filed a civil rights action in the Circuit Court for DeKalb County alleging that the two deputies had unlawfully detained him and had interfered with his right to practice his religion. The law enforcement officers, asserting qualified…

2Cases cited44 opinions

  1. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Malley v. BriggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Florida v. BostickSupreme Court of the United States · 1991

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3Cited by11 opinions

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  2. American National Property & Casualty Companies v. James E. RobertsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2000
  3. Charles Rooker v. Donal CampbellCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2000
  4. First National Bank of Chicago v. Cumberland Bend Investors, L.P.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 2002
  5. Hallysah Ibsen as Administrator of the Estate of Elaine Kelly, and Robert Kelly v. Summit View of Farragut, LLCCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2019

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