Legal Opinion

Hudson v. Hudson

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided January 26, 2007No. 05-6575PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

COOK, Circuit Judge.

Defendants, two Memphis police officers, appeal the district court’s denial of qualified immunity from the claims against them by Plaintiffs Justin Hudson and Pamela Davis for violating Jennifer Braddock’s Fourteenth Amendment right to due process of law. We reverse and hold that these defendants are entitled to qualified immunity.

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Because this appeal comes to us on a motion to dismiss, we construe the complaint liberally in the plaintiffs’ favor and accept all its factual allegations and inferences as true. See Shepherd v. Wellman, 313 F.3d 963, 967 (6th Cir.2002).…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social ServicesSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. Davis v. SchererSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Brosseau v. HaugenSupreme Court of the United States · 2004

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Ruiz-Bueno v. ScottCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2016
  2. Slone v. Lincoln CountyDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 2017
  3. Hudson v. HudsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2007
  4. Lawrence v. Madison CountyDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 2016
  5. Young v. City of RadcliffDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 2008

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