Legal Opinion

Mitchell v. Stewart

District Court, M.D. Georgia

Decided June 12, 2014No. Case No. 3:12-CV-132 (CDL)PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

CLAY D. LAND, District Judge.

Lewis Grizzard, a Southern humorist and legendary columnist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, observed that there’s a big difference between the words “naked” and “nekkid”: “ ‘naked’ means you don’t have your clothes on. ‘Nekkid’ means you don’t have your clothes on and you’re up to something.”1 In this case, Plaintiffs claim that Defendants arrested and transported them to the jail with their breasts, buttocks, and genitalia exposed. Whether Plaintiffs were “up to something” before Defendants arrived at their home is irrelevant. If a jury believes that…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Pearson v. CallahanSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  4. Tolan v. CottonSupreme Court of the United States · 2014
  5. Tennessee v. GarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Brand v. CasalDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 2015

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