In Re: Saving Grace 2, LLC v. the State of Texas

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that Alabama sheriffs act for the state as to the law enforcement function in issue
• holding that county was not liable for actions of Alabama Sheriffs in their law enforcement capacities
• holding that even though “the sheriff’s jurisdiction is limited to the borders of his county,” the sheriff was a state official
• holding that for purposes of applying 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Alabama sheriffs, when executing their law enforcement duties, represent the State of Alabama rather than their counties
• holding that a county does not “control” an officer it pays if it does not have the authority to change his salary
• concluding that sheriff represented state of Alabama rather than local county when executing law enforcement duty

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).