Legal Opinion

Morton v. City of Little Rock

District Court, E.D. Arkansas

Decided December 26, 1989No. Civ. LR-C-89-125PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

ROY, District Judge.

Before the Court is the defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, which will be treated as a Motion for Summary Judgment. A brief history of the pleadings in this case is necessary.

On February 22, 1989, the plaintiff filed a complaint against the Little Rock Municipal Court, Little Rock Police Department, Phillip Wilson, Marge Manning and Ronnie L. Gatewood, individually and in their official capacities. The plaintiff raised claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.

In his original complaint, plaintiff…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Daniels v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Davidson v. CannonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Curtis Morton v. City of Little Rock Phillip Wilson, and Ronnie Gatewood, Individually and in Their Official CapacitiesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
  2. Horne v. CrozierSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Day v. MorgenthauCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
  4. Day v. MorgenthauCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
  5. Horne v. CrozierSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1997

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