Legal Opinion
Puentes v. Sullivan
District Court, W.D. Texas
Decided January 26, 1977No. EP-76-CA-59PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SESSIONS, District Judge.
I
Plaintiff brings this Complaint to redress the alleged deprivation under color of state law of rights, privileges, and immunities secured by the Constitution of the United States. Specifically, Plaintiff claims violations of the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution, resulting from Plaintiff’s termination of employment as a jailer in the El Paso County Sheriff’s Department. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants “did conspire, in the bad faith exercise of their official duties, to cause . the discharge of the Plaintiff because of his…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Williams v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Cox v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Versie Kimble v. D. J. McDuffy Inc. And Industrial Foundation of the South, and All of Its SubscribersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Poirier v. HodgesDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1978
- Selzer v. BerkowitzDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1978
- Highfield Water Co. v. Public Service CommissionDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1980
- Shortbull v. Looking ElkCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
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