Legal Opinion
L.E. Eguia v. Joyce Tompkins
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 8, 1985No. 84-2451PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
In this case we are called upon to determine what process is due a county official whose salary is withheld to offset alleged insufficiencies in the fees of office he deposited with the county. The plaintiff, L.E. Eguia, a former Justice of the Peace in Fort Bend County, Texas, sued the county and various county officials, alleging that they acted unconstitutionally 1 and in violation of federal civil rights statutes 2 when they withheld his final paycheck. The defendants moved for summary judgment and for dismissal under Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Fuentes v. ShevinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by45 opinions
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- Lemmons v. Georgetown University HospitalDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2007
- Bledsoe v. City of Horn Lake MSCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2006
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