Legal Opinion
Billy J. Leggett and Geraldine Leggett, Parents of Kenneth Wayne Leggett, Deceased v. Wesley Strickland
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 27, 1981No. 80-7538PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., Circuit Judge:
Alleging a deprivation of civil rights, plaintiffs filed this Section 1983 action. The incident from which the cause of action arose took place on March 30, 1978. On March 26, 1980, plaintiffs’ attorney mailed the complaint to the clerk of the district court. The envelope containing the complaint did not have sufficient postage affixed and thus the complaint was returned to plaintiffs’ attorney on March 28, 1980, marked refused due to insufficient postage. At that time sufficient postage was attached and the complaint was remailed. The complaint was not…
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- Neel v. RehbergCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Johansson v. TowsonDistrict Court, M.D. Georgia · 1959
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