Legal Opinion
Ralph Herbert Lindley v. Amoco Production Company and Floyd L. Walker
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 26, 1981No. 79-1491PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOHANON, District Judge.
Lindley brought this action against Walker and Amoco pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of his constitutional right to privacy under the Fourteenth Amendment. The trial court awarded summary judgment to the defendants and Lindley appeals.
The claim arises out of a discovery order issued by an Oklahoma state judge during the course of a breach of employment contract action filed by Amoco against Lindley in an Oklahoma state court.
On appeal from an order granting a motion for summary judgment, the record is reviewed in light most favorable to the opposing…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Yakus v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Bottone v. LindsleyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1948
- Frank J. Prochaska, Cross-Appellee v. Francis H. Marcoux, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
- Nina C. Neu v. Frank Grant and Lorna Marie Grant, Husband and WifeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1977
- John E. Cato and Mrs. Lucille B. Cato v. Morgan Collins, President of Forrest City Special School District No. 7, Cecil TwillieCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by55 opinions
- Marilyn Wheeler v. Main HurdmanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
- Catz v. ChalkerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
- Maughan v. SW Servicing, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
- Paul v. MontsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- Lindenman v. UmscheidSupreme Court of Kansas · 1994
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