Legal Opinion
Joe Reimer v. John Smith, Individually and in His Capacity as an Officer of Texas Rangers
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 14, 1981No. 81-2009PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RANDALL, Circuit Judge:
This case involves a § 1983 action against the Texas Rangers Department of Public Safety and three of its employees for deprivation of property without due process. The trial court found for defendants on all issues. We affirm.. Sometime between the 12th and 15th of December, 1978, Dan North, a sergeant with the Texas Rangers Department of Public Safety, received a report of a stolen mobile Big Mac car crusher from Rudi Rodriguez, a Texas Ranger in San Antonio. Rodriguez provided North with a description of the car crusher, along with the serial number, and a location…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Rizzo v. GoodeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by106 opinions
- Morton v. BeckerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- Snell v. TunnellCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- Randy Rene Lozano v. William French Smith, Elton FaughtCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Andrew Lee Jackson v. Raymond K. Procunier, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- State Ex Rel. Moore v. MolpusMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
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