Legal Opinion
Rhodes v. Houston
District Court, D. Nebraska
Decided January 31, 1962No. Civ. 01322PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN PELT, District Judge.
This is an action based upon the federal Civil Rights Act brought by Paul E. Rhodes as plaintiff against a number of Nebraska judicial and law enforcement officers, a North Platte, Nebraska law firm and the bonding companies of a number of the defendants.
Counsel for defendants have filed fifteen separate motions to dismiss the action, and after hearing and the submission of briefs the matter is now submitted for determination.
It is first necessary to summarize the allegations of the complaint, as amended pursuant to leave of court granted at the hearing. It begins by…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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- Bradley v. FisherSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Snowden v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Gregoire v. BiddleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Adolph G. Hoffman v. C. H. Halden, Dr. Donald E. Wair, Dr. G. F. Keller and Dr. F. Sydney HansenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by93 opinions
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- Sylvester Lockhart, Jr. v. Charles A. Hoenstine, Prothonotary of the Superior Court of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- Milton McCray v. State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
- Virgil Norton, Virgil Wesley and James Chapman v. James P. McShaneCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
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