Legal Opinion
Elliott v. Cheshire County
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 25, 1991No. 91-1038PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Guy Elliott, Jr., (“Guy”) committed suicide while a pretrial detainee at the Cheshire County, New Hampshire, House of Corrections. His father, Guy Elliott, Sr., (“Elliott” or “plaintiff”) brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the county, several individually named corrections officials and officers, and the arresting officer.1 Elliott now appeals from summary judgment in favor of all defendants.
Review of summary judgment requires us to determine de novo whether there is any genuine issue as to a material fact and whether the moving party is entitled to judgment…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Will v. Michigan Department of State PoliceSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Hare v. City of Corinth, Miss.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Randy James Barber, Administrator of the Estate of Kenneth Robert Barber, Deceased v. City of Salem, OhioCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
- Leroy H. Johnson, Jr. v. Alex Rodriguez, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
- Carleen Bowen, Etc. v. City of ManchesterCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
- Gordon v. KiddCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
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