Legal Opinion
Livingstone v. North Belle Vernon Borough
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 13, 1993No. 92-3288PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Chief Judge.
This is the second time in recent months that the in banc court has considered whether a release-dismissal agreement provides an absolute defense to a plaintiffs civil rights suit alleging police misconduct and excessive use of force. In Cain v. Darby Borough, 7 F.3d 377 (3rd Cir.1993), we held that the release-dismissal agreement relied on by the district court as the basis for its grant of summary judgment to the defendant municipalities and officials was unenforceable because the defendants had not made the requisite case-specific showing that the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States v. Paul A. BilzerianCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
- Town of Newton v. RumerySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Guy v. LiederbachSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Hunt v. BlackburnSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Livingstone v. North Belle Vernon BoroughCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
- Albert D. Burke v. Bruce J. Johnson, Gary Vaughn, and Jackson TownshipCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
- Wiers v. BarnesDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1996
- Livingstone v. North Belle Vernon BoroughCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
- Stamps v. City of TaylorMichigan Court of Appeals · 1996
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