Legal Opinion
Johnson v. City of Fort Lauderdale
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 5, 1997No. 96-4538PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COX, Circuit Judge:
James Sparr, Ron Pritchard, Rick Earle, Dennis Sheehan, and Keith Allen (“defendants”) appeal the district court’s adverse ruling on their qualified immunity defenses in this civil rights action filed by Herbert Johnson (“Johnson”). For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part and reverse in part.
I. BACKGROUND
The following background is derived primarily from the record as reflected in the parties’ statements of facts. This being so, we pause to emphasize attorneys’ obligations under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 28 generally and in the specific context of a…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Siegert v. GilleySupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by48 opinions
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