Legal Opinion
Floyd B. Hutton, Anna v. Hutton v. Sheriff Thomas Strickland, Individually and as Sheriff of Holmes County, Florida
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 27, 1990No. 90-3080PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
This case examines the qualified and absolute immunity status of Holmes County, Florida, Sheriff Thomas Strickland, defendant-appellant. Plaintiffs-appellees Floyd B. Hutton and Anna V. Hutton were arrested by local sheriffs officers when they attempted to repossess ranch property, which they contended reverted to them through recordation of a quitclaim deed because the new owners had defaulted on the terms of the land sale contract. The district court denied Strickland’s motion for summary judgment on the issues of qualified and absolute immunity. Our review of the…
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