Legal Opinion
Gilmere v. City of Atlanta
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 9, 1984No. Nos. 82-8457, 82-8760PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
This is a survival action1 brought by the administratrix of the estate of a man injured, and killed, in a police-citizen encounter. We determine the sufficiency of the plaintiff’s damages claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982),2 and state tort law, against the City of Atlanta, three officials of the City’s Police Department, and two uniformed police officers under Monell v. Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658, 98 S.Ct. 2018, 56 L.Ed.2d 611 (1978); Parratt v. Taylor, 451 U.S. 527, 101 S.Ct. 1908, 68 L.Ed.2d 420 (1981); and Rizzo v. Goode, 423 U.S. 362, 96 S.Ct.…
2Cases cited70 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by50 opinions
- City of Oklahoma v. TuttleSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Bradley Jay Depew v. City of St. Marys, Georgia, Charles Earl Fowler v. City of St. Marys, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Gilmere v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- James T. Voutour v. Harold Vitale, James T. Voutour v. Harold VitaleCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
- American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations v. City of MiamiCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2011
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