Legal Opinion
Smith v. Jones
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided October 4, 1973No. Civ. A. 6848PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MORTON, District Judge.
This is an action for damages brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges that defendants deprived her son of his life in violation of the Due Proc ess Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Jurisdiction of this court is properly invoked pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1343. Plaintiff also presents a claim for violation of state law. The court in the exercise of its discretion will decide the state claim under its pendent jurisdiction.
Mary 0. Smith, the surviving mother of Kenneth Robert Smith, deceased, sues the defendants, two…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Williams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Hattie Brazier v. W. B. CherryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Robert Leon Jenkins, a Minor, by His Mother and Next Friend, Roberta B. Jenkins v. F. W. AverettCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Oscar J. Fernandez, Etc. v. Francis T. LeonardCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Jones v. HildebrantSupreme Court of Colorado · 1976
- City of Mason v. BanksTennessee Supreme Court · 1979
- Human Rights Commission v. AssadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Smith v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974