Legal Opinion
Joe Oliver Cavett v. Tom Ellis, County Clerk of Dallas County, and Bill Shaw, District Clerk of Dallas County
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 17, 1978No. 76-3118PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, Joe Oliver Cavett, brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking (1) a declaratory judgment that five state criminal convictions obtained against him 1 are unconstitutionally invalid, and (2) an order directing clerks of various courts to expunge the records of conviction. The appellant has fully discharged the sentences resulting from the five challenged convictions. 2 The district court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim on which relief can be granted. See Rule 12(b)(6), Fed.Rules Civ.Proc. Finding ourselves bound by Fifth…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Ellis v. DysonSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States v. Perry County Board of Education, Joann Parsons, Movants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Parducci v. RutlandDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1970
- Parris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
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3Cited by24 opinions
- In Re the Justices of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, in Re Colegio De Abogados De Puerto Rico, and Fundacion Colegio De AbogadosCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
- Hauptmann v. WilentzDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1983
- Billy Kirk Pruitt v. Levi Strauss & Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- Walter E. Garris v. G. F. Rowland, Officer, Fort Worth Police Department, and City of Fort Worth, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Kenneth Warren Hanson v. Circuit Court of the First Judicial Circuit of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
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