Legal Opinion
Travis Rickey Childress, Slaton Jenkins Childress, Gary Dennis Childress v. Small Business Administration, A.G. McClearen and Clyde Rice, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 31, 1987No. 86-7681PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Per curiam
The district court determined that appellants McClearen and Rice were not entitled to qualified immunity from this suit brought by members of the Childress family. Because this conclusion was erroneous, we reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
McClearen and Rice, defendants below, are local officials in the Farmers Home Administration (“FmHA”) office in Marshall County, Alabama. The plaintiffs, members of the Childress family, were farmers in Marshall County who obtained various loans from the FmHA.
In 1979, 1980 and 1981, the Childresses applied for and received emergency farm loans from the FmHA. As of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Cort v. AshSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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