Legal Opinion
Flint Electric Membership Corp. v. Whitworth
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 15, 1995No. 94-9199, 94-9227PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Per curiam
Bobby Whitworth, Clyde Stovall and David C. Evans, officials of the Georgia Department of Corrections (the “DOC”), 1 appeal from orders entered in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia denying their motions for summary judgment asserting qualified immunity from 42 U.S.C. § 1983 damages. For the reasons stated below, we reverse the denial of qualified immunity and remand the case to the district court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
I. BACKGROUND
These appeals arose out of separate lawsuits brought by Flint Electric Membership Corporation and…
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