Legal Opinion
Dr. Alvin I. Thomas, Cross-Appellant v. Eristus Sams, Individually and as Mayor of Prairie View, and City of Prairie View, Defendant-Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 17, 1984No. 82-2359PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
In the course of a dispute concerning the construction by a city of a sewer line across a university campus, a city mayor, who was also ex officio its magistrate and municipal judge, signed a criminal complaint against the university’s president. Then, in his capacity as magistrate, he issued a warrant for the president’s arrest. As a result, the president was detained for more than two hours until he was able to post a cash bond. Invoking 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the president sued the city and the city official. Although the actions taken by the city official in his…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Baker v. McCollanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Stump v. SparkmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by72 opinions
- Herbert Whitlock v. Charles BrueggeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2012
- James Elliott and Joseph Defley v. Leander H. Perez, Jr., Etc., Eugene E. Leon, Jr., Etc., and Frank KleinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Zaher Zahrey v. Martin E. CoffeyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
- Booker v. KoonceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- City of Gladewater v. PikeTexas Supreme Court · 1987
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