Legal Opinion
Lewis Hughes v. Chester C. Noble
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 3, 1961No. 19064PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Per curiam
This action purports to be under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 for a deprivation of civil rights. The appeal is from a judgment sustaining a motion to dismiss the complaint. The complaint alleges that plaintiff lost control of his automobile and ran off the highway into a ditch, with a result that his neck was broken; and, further, that: “the defendant without any just cause or provocation and under color of his authority as Sheriff of Clarke County, Alabama, then took the plaintiff into custody and placed him under arrest thereby causing plaintiff to be incarcerated in the County Jail of Clarke County,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- James N. Lewis v. George Brautigam, I. Ray Mills, Dayton Blackford and Thomas J. KellyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Rufus Coleman v. Walter Johnston, Justin A. McGowan Kinzie Bluett and Frank G. SainCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1957
- Webster Hardwick, Jr. v. Bernard Hurley and Steve SenoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1961
3Cited by52 opinions
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- Basista v. WeirCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Robert Fitzke and Joy Fitzke v. Barry Shappell, Deputy Sheriff, and Elwin Smith, Sheriff, of Eaton County, Michigan, Jointly and SeverallyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
- Angelynn York v. Ron Story and Louis MorenoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
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