Legal Opinion
Sidney A. Sparks, R. L. Lynd, D/B/A Sidney A. Sparks, Trustee v. Duval County Ranch Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 22, 1979No. 77-1249PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
We consider this case en banc to review the holding of our panel that private citizens, in conspiring with a state judge, did not conspire with any person against whom a claim valid under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 could be stated and thus themselves were entitled to dismissal of claims made against them under that statute. The panel, like the district court, acted under constraint of our prior opinions, opinions that it could not properly overrule. We can and do.
The material allegations in this case are set out in the panel opinion, 588 F.2d 124, 5 Cir., and we restate only those…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Stump v. SparkmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Wood v. StricklandSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Bradley v. FisherSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
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3Cited by112 opinions
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- Martin v. AubuchonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
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