Legal Opinion
James White v. Carl Thomas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 6, 1981No. 81-1075PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
A deputy sheriff, James White, was fired because, in responding to a direct question on his employment application about prior arrests, he failed to disclose his detention while a juvenile for shooting another person. White brought a section 1983 suit against the sheriff, the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department (which he alleged to be a subdivision of Dallas County), Dallas County, and various county officials in federal court, invoking federal question and civil rights jurisdiction. In a document filed ex parte prior to a hearing on a motion for a preliminary…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Paul v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by107 opinions
- Jimmy Blackburn v. Marshall City OfCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- John Brown v. Steve BrienenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Joyce Wells v. Hico Independent School District, Etc., Veriena Braune v. Hico Independent School District, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Donald F. Buxton v. City of Plant City, Florida, Troy E. Surrency, Individually, Troy E. Surrency, in His Official CapacityCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- 35 Fair empl.prac.cas. 697, 35 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 34,582 Henry Irby, Cross-Appellees v. Mike Sullivan, Jr., Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
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