Legal Opinion

Snell v. Tunnell

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided November 30, 1990No. 88-2879PublishedCited by 225 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it — and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again — and that is well; but she will never sit down on a cold one any more.

Pudd’nhead Wilson’s New Calendar. M. Twain, Following the Equator ch. XI at 107 (Harper Bros. ed.).

Plaintiffs instituted this action seeking injunctive relief and damages under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 & 1985 based upon an investigation by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) concerning…

2Cases cited71 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Franks v. DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1978

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3Cited by225 opinions

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  4. Jenkins v. WoodCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996
  5. Holland Ex Rel. Overdorff v. HarringtonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2001

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