Legal Opinion
Bailey v. Harris
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided June 19, 1974No. Civ-1-74-86PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
FRANK W. WILSON, Chief Judge.
This is an action brought pursuant to the Federal Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 1983) for the alleged wrongful death of the plaintiff’s decedent. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff’s decedent, while an inmate in the Rhea County, Tennessee, Jail, was killed by another inmate of that institution and avers that the homicide occurred as a result of the negligent performance by the defendants of their official duties as the sheriff and deputy sheriffs of Rhea County, Tennessee.
The motion for summary judgment is based upon the allegations in the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Hattie Brazier v. W. B. CherryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Betsy A. Jennings v. Ilus W. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
- Mrs. Mary Ellen Pritchard, Wife of Charles C. Pritchard v. Eugene G. Smith, Chief of Police, City of Little Rock, ArkansasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
- Gentry B. Puckett v. Weldon W. CoxCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Jones v. HildebrantSupreme Court of Colorado · 1976
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- Loopman v. HurleyDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1979
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