Legal Opinion

Odonnell v. Goodhart

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided August 14, 2018No. 18-20466PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

This is a motion for stay pending appeal. We grant the stay.

I

Plaintiffs brought a class action against Harris County, Texas, and a number of its officials-including County Judges,1 Hearing *222Officers, and the Sheriff (collectively, the "County")2 -under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging the County's system of setting bail for indigent misdemeanor arrestees violates Texas statutory and constitutional law and the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.3

After a hearing, the district court granted Plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction,…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2008
  3. Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. Nken v. HolderSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  5. Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956

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3Cited by23 opinions

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  3. Dylan Mitchell v. Eugene DohertyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2022
  4. Joseph Thomas v. Phil BryantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2019
  5. United States v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2023

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