Legal Opinion

Sanchez v. Swyden

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 16, 1998No. 96-40557PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

(Opinion, January 13, 1998, 5th Cir., 1998, 131 F.3d 1144).

Before JONES, SMITH and STEWART, Circuit Judges. STEWART, Circuit Judge:

The petition for rehearing is granted. The opinion reported at 131 F.3d 1144 (5th Cir.1998) is withdrawn, and the opinion below is substituted in all respects for the withdrawn opinion.

This is a case about mistaken identity, and it comes to us on appeal from a denial of qualified immunity in a § 1983 suit brought by plaintiffs Oscar F. Sanchez (Sanchez) and Liliana Sanchez against a number of public officials. 1 Sanchez alleged…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Malley v. BriggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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3Cited by49 opinions

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  2. Brady v. DillCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
  3. Shipp v. McMahonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
  4. Thomas v. City of Galveston, TexasDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 2011
  5. Scott v. Godwin, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2004

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