Legal Opinion
Lassiter v. Covington
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 8, 1988No. 88-7073PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD S. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
In this civil rights case, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, in an order dated December 31, 1987, granted defendants-appellees’ (Cov-ington) motion for summary judgment and entered final judgment against Albert E. Lassiter (Lassiter). We reverse that judgment and remand this case to that court for further proceedings.
Issue
The principal issue on appeal is whether the district court erred by entering summary judgment based upon its conclusion that the relevant undisputed material facts clearly established that Lassiter enjoyed…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Flagg Bros., Inc. v. BrooksSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Towne v. EisnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Lassiter v. Alabama A & M UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- Lassiter v. AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- Kamenesh v. City of MiamiDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1991
- Davis v. University of MontevalloCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1991
- Anderson-Free v. SteptoeDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1997
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