Legal Opinion
Bobby Keith Williams v. John Hoyt
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 12, 1977No. 75-2418PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:
The fifteen appellants 1 brought suit under Title 42, U.S.Code, Sections 1983 and 1985, against the Sheriff of San Augustine County, Texas, and four of his deputies, 2 alleging violations of their civil rights. Appellants also sued Western Surety Company, corporate surety of the defendants. The defendants moved to dismiss Western Surety and to transfer the action from the Tyler Division of the Eastern District of Texas, where it was originally brought, to the Beaumont Division of that district. The district court granted both of these motions. 3
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2Cases cited16 opinions
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- William Whirl v. C. v. (Buster) Kern and Fidelity and Deposit Company of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Roberto Gomez-Rojas, and Michael Rece SutherlinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Hoyte Gentry and N. R. Johnston v. William R. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by32 opinions
- United States v. KopitukCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Storey v. CamperSupreme Court of Delaware · 1979
- United States v. Edgar Timmons, Jr., the Group Known as People Organized for Equal Rights, and Other Unknown IndividualsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Danny L. Russell v. Plano Bank & TrustCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Bibbs v. EarlyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008
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