Legal Opinion

Brown v. Neumann

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided September 14, 1999No. 98-5722PublishedCited by 59 opinions

Non-Argument Calendar.

1Per curiam

Charles R. Brown and Dennis W. May-nor appeal the district court’s grant of judgment as matter of law, see Fed. R.Civ.P. 50, in their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the Sheriff of Palm Beach County, in his official capacity, for injuries arising out of allegedly unjustified arrests in 1994. 1 These arrests were effectuated by a Deputy Sheriff, and plaintiffs concede that the Deputy Sheriff was not carrying out the instructions of the Sheriff, that the Sheriff did not know about, ratify, or consent to the Deputy Sheriffs acts, and that there was no custom of unjustified arrests. Therefore,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. City of St. Louis v. PraprotnikSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  4. George Mandel v. John Doe (Name Unknown, an Escambia County Prison Employee), Escambia County, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
  5. Wright v. SheppardCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990

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3Cited by59 opinions

  1. Mann v. Taser International, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2009
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  3. Mary Goodman v. Clayton County Sheriff Kemuel KimbroughCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2013
  4. Rehberg v. PaulkCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2010
  5. Gernetzke v. Kenosha Unified School District No. 1Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001

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