Legal Opinion
Gilmere v. City of Atlanta
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 30, 1989No. 87-8614PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GONZALEZ, District Judge:
This is the third time this action has been before us.1 Appellant Emma Gilmere, as administratix of her brother’s estate, brought this suit against appellees R.C. Sampson, Carroll Charles Craig, their supervisors, and the City of Atlanta, Georgia, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of her brother’s fourth, eighth and fourteenth amendment rights and under state tort law. Sampson and Craig are police officers in the City of Atlanta who beat, shot, and killed Gilmere’s brother, Thomas Patillo.
After a non-jury trial, the district court found Craig, Sampson and the City…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Wilson v. GarciaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Carey v. PiphusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Bogan v. City of BostonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
- Wright v. SheppardCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- Finch v. City of VernonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- Gilmere v. City Of AtlantaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- Bragado v. City of Zion/Police DepartmentDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1993
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