Legal Opinion
Randall Edward Rex v. John P. Teeples, Donald E. Johnson, Jr., and Edward Rupert, Defendants
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 27, 1985No. 83-2055PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.
Randall Rex brought this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) against Loveland police officer John Tee-ples and Chief Deputy District Attorney Donald Johnson. Rex contends that his constitutional rights were violated when Teeples improperly imprisoned him by placing him on a seventy-two hour mental hold, and when Teeples and Johnson coerced his involuntary confession. The district court granted Johnson’s motion for summary judgment, concluding as a matter of law that Johnson was entitled to absolute pros-ecutorial immunity. The court subsequently…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Haynes v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Spano v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Juan A. Marrero and Maria Marrero v. City of Hialeah, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by64 opinions
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- Josiah Haynesworth and Fred Hancock v. Frank P. Miller, Chief, Law Enforcement Section, Office of the Corporation Counsel, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- Paul Romero v. Damon Fay, Bob Stover, Chief of Police, and Albuquerque, City of John Doe, Albuquerque Police OfficersCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
- Snell v. TunnellCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- Daryl Monday v. Officer John Oullette and the City of MonroeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
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