Legal Opinion

Wheeler v. City of Pleasant Grove

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided November 12, 1984No. 84-7299PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Per curiam

This appeal marks the second occasion an appellate court has been called upon to review the district court’s unwillingness to award damages to the plaintiffs. In 1978, plaintiffs, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 & 1985, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201-2202, and the fourteenth amendment, brought this action against the City of Pleasant Grove and various of its officials. Plaintiffs essentially alleged that actions of the defendants deprived them of property without due process of law. The district court found in favor of the plaintiffs, and granted equitable relief. It did not award damages, however,…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. Quern v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  5. Arizona v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983

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3Cited by57 opinions

  1. Bernard Litman v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
  2. Bankers Trust Co. v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
  3. United States v. Gonzalo De Jesus TamayoCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996
  4. Floyd B. Hutton, Anna v. Hutton v. Sheriff Thomas Strickland, Individually and as Sheriff of Holmes County, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
  5. Kay Apponi, Class Action, Cross-Appellants v. Sunshine Biscuits, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987

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