Legal Opinion
Reyes v. Sazan
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 17, 1999No. 19-50664PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
This lawsuit alleges that various officials violated the plaintiffs’ constitutional rights by conspiring to enforce selectively the traffic laws and damaging a pickup truck in a fruitless search for contraband. We conclude the district court abused its discretion by not requiring ¿ Rule 7 reply to the defense of qualified immunity. We also conclude that the Eleventh Amendment is not a bar to the state law claims.
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As we must, we assume the plaintiffs’ story: Florentino and Elizabeth Martinez, brother and sister, were driving with Elizabeth’s minor…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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