Legal Opinion

Bryson v. City of Edmond

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided June 12, 1990No. 89-6100PublishedCited by 157 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CHRISTENSEN, Senior District Judge.

In this civil rights action, the plaintiffs-appellants have appealed from orders of the district court granting the defendants’ motions to dismiss the complaint for failure to state claims on which relief can be granted and dismissing the action.

The plaintiffs or their decedents were injured or killed on August 20, 1986, when shot by a deranged fellow post office employee, Henry Patrick Sherrill, inside the Edmond, Oklahoma, post office. The Edmond city police arrived at the scene within *1388minutes of the outset of the shooting but classified the massacre as a…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. City of Canton v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. Daniels v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Whitley v. AlbersSupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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3Cited by157 opinions

  1. Williams v. MeeseCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
  2. D.R., a Minor Child, by Her Parent and Natural Guardian, L.R., and L.R., Individually and in Her Own Right, No. 91-1136 v. Middle Bucks Area Vocational Technical School, William Goode, James C. Bazzel, Martha Richino, Susan Peters, Bucks County Intermediate Unit No. 22, Christina Tuttle, Penn Ridge School District, Charles Fambro, Fred Freeman, James A. Gallagher, Brian Miller, Marc R. Ratcliffe, James M. Sperling, Lester Sutphin. L.H., Bucks County, Pennsylvania, No. 91-1137 v. Middle Bucks Area Vocational Technical School, and William Goode and James C. Bazzel and Martha Richino and Susan Peters and James A. Gallagher and Brian Miller and Marc R. Ratcliffe and James M. Sperling and Lester SutphinCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
  3. Bergeson v. DilworthDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1990
  4. Johnson v. Dallas Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
  5. Bryson v. City Of EdmondCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990

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