Legal Opinion
Malloy v. Sullivan
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided August 15, 1980No. 79-511PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from an order dismissing plaintiff Arthur Brennan Malloy's action for damages against Thomas C. Sullivan for the alleged negligence of the latter in defending Malloy against charges of criminal offenses for which Malloy was prosecuted and convicted in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. We reverse.
On January 10, 1980, Malloy, a federal prisoner incarcerated at Tallahassee, Florida, mailed to the clerk of the Circuit Court of Montgomery County a request to proceed in formapauperis and for appointed counsel together with an attached complaint…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Willis Lansing Ganger v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Appellant(two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Herston v. WhitesellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1979
- Herston v. WhitesellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1977
- Tyler v. CroomDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1968
- Manning v. JonesDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1974
3Cited by6 opinions
- Ott v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1982
- Malloy v. SullivanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1984
- Malloy v. SullivanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1982
- Dorsey v. PurvisCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1989
- Piel v. DillardCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1982
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