Legal Opinion
McCollum v. Mayfield
District Court, N.D. California
Decided March 25, 1955No. 7031PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OLIVER J. CARTER, District Judge.
Plaintiff sues the sheriff, undersheriff and jailer of Colusa County, California, for money damages. Jurisdiction of this Court is invoked under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 which provides:
“Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Roberts v. United States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Anderson v. BensonDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1953
- Gordon v. GarrsonDistrict Court, E.D. Illinois · 1948
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Bowring v. GodwinCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
- Paul Rodger Weller v. Fred H. Dickson, Andrew Emmitte Pope v. Richard A. McGeeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
- Robert Fitzke and Joy Fitzke v. Barry Shappell, Deputy Sheriff, and Elwin Smith, Sheriff, of Eaton County, Michigan, Jointly and SeverallyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
- Charles A. L. Almond v. John E. Kent, Sheriff of Augusta County, VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
- N. H. Newman v. State of Alabama and Bill Baxley, Attorney General for the State of Alabama, United States of America, Amicus CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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