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J.B. v. Wood (Lead Case)

BRIEF/MEMORANDUM in Support re BRIEF/MEMORANDUM in Support of Plaintiff's Opposition to Defendant Wood's Motion for Summary Judgment

27 Cited authorities

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.

    477 U.S. 242 (1986)   Cited 236,991 times   38 Legal Analyses
    Holding that summary judgment is not appropriate if "the dispute about a material fact is ‘genuine,’ that is, if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party"

  2. Harlow v. Fitzgerald

    457 U.S. 800 (1982)   Cited 31,584 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding that public officials are entitled to a "qualified immunity" from "liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established . . . rights of which a reasonable person would have known"

  3. Hope v. Pelzer

    536 U.S. 730 (2002)   Cited 7,437 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[t]he obvious cruelty inherent" in putting inmates in certain wantonly "degrading and dangerous" situations provides officers "with some notice that their alleged conduct violate" the Eighth Amendment

  4. Anderson v. Creighton

    483 U.S. 635 (1987)   Cited 15,476 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an officer is entitled to qualified immunity if "a reasonable officer could have believed" that the search was lawful "in light of clearly established law and the information the searching officers possessed"

  5. Youngberg v. Romeo

    457 U.S. 307 (1982)   Cited 3,138 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that severely retarded man's liberty interests in safety, freedom from bodily restraint and reasonable training survive involuntary commitment

  6. In re Gault

    387 U.S. 1 (1967)   Cited 4,095 times   18 Legal Analyses
    Holding that children in juvenile delinquency proceedings have a right to notice of the charges, the right to counsel, the right to confront and cross-examine witnesses, and a right against self-incrimination

  7. Colon v. Coughlin

    58 F.3d 865 (2d Cir. 1995)   Cited 3,665 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a verified complaint is treated as an affidavit for summary judgment purposes and "considered in determining whether material issues of fact exist"

  8. Jackson v. Indiana

    406 U.S. 715 (1972)   Cited 1,167 times
    Holding that an incompetent pretrial detainee cannot, after a competency hearing, be held indefinitely without either criminal process or civil commitment; due process requires, at a minimum, some rational relation between the nature and duration of commitment and its purpose

  9. Schall v. Martin

    467 U.S. 253 (1984)   Cited 649 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that protecting the community from crime is a compelling interest

  10. Hartley v. Parnell

    193 F.3d 1263 (11th Cir. 1999)   Cited 891 times
    Holding that individual school officials may not be held liable under Title IX

  11. Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 56   Cited 329,861 times   158 Legal Analyses
    Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit

  12. Section 1997e - Suits by prisoners

    42 U.S.C. § 1997e   Cited 54,056 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Holding that prisoners must exhaust "available" administrative remedies before filing suit in federal court

  13. Section 1997 - Definitions

    42 U.S.C. § 1997   Cited 2,454 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Requiring exhaustion of "such administrative remedies as are available"

  14. Section 12-25-6 - Meetings

    Ala. Code § 12-25-6   Cited 1 times

    (a) The commission shall meet quarterly at the State Capitol or at other places as is deemed necessary or convenient and at other times upon call of the chair. All meetings shall be open to the public. The advisory council shall convene at the discretion of the commission, but in any event shall meet jointly with the commission at least once annually. (b) A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for conducting business. (c) Except as hereinafter provided, the commission

  15. Section 44-1-55 - Annual report to governor

    Ala. Code § 44-1-55

    As soon after the end of a fiscal year as practicable, the youth services board shall print and send to the governor of Alabama a report to include the activities of the board, the need for facilities under its jurisdiction, juvenile service conditions in the state, plans for the future, financial reports for the preceding year and the names and addresses of the members of the board. A sufficient number of copies of such report shall be printed and distributed to the members of the legislature of