Legal Opinion
Burnett v. Short
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided April 2, 1970No. Civ. A. No. 68-H-269PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NOEL, District Judge.
MEMORANDUM:
In this action against the Chief of Police and two peace officers in the Police Department of the City of Houston, plaintiff seeks compensatory and punitive damages for alleged physical brutality incident to an arrest. Defendants have moved that the action be dismissed for want of jurisdiction and for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted, or in the alternative that this Court in its discretion decline to exercise its jurisdiction for the reason that adequate remedies in the state courts are available to plaintiff. The motion is well taken…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- King v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- A. D. Granville v. W. B. HuntCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Eubanks v. WoodCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1957
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Katie Ruth Anderson v. J. J. Nosser, James Bradley v. J. J. NosserCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Nelson Lee Burnett v. Herman Short, Joe H. Dickerson, and J. E. WigginsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Quarles v. State of TexasDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1970
- Ricciotti v. Warwick School CommitteeDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1970
- Lucas v. KaleDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1973
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