Legal Opinion

Johnson v. Purkett

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided March 20, 2007No. ED 88268PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOOKER T. SHAW, Chief Judge.

Timothy Johnson (Appellant) appeals from a judgment dismissing his cause of action against James Purkett, James Crump, and Steven Long (Respondents) for violations of his civil rights under 42 U.S.C. section 1983. The appeal is dismissed.

Appellant filed his petition against Respondents alleging violations of his civil rights under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and various other due process violations. Respondents filed a motion to dismiss alleging, inter alia, that Appellant’s claims were barred by sovereign immunity. On May 4, 2006, the trial court entered a judgment…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Buff v. RoperMissouri Court of Appeals · 2005
  2. State v. LawrenceMissouri Court of Appeals · 2004
  3. Johnson v. SummersMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
  4. Goodson v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1998
  5. State v. LynchMissouri Court of Appeals · 2006

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2012
  2. Silverbrand v. County of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 2009
  3. George Fuller v. State of MissouriMissouri Court of Appeals · 2016
  4. Hammerschmidt v. HardmanMissouri Court of Appeals · 2017

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