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· 3/7/1996

Morin v. Caire

Citations

  • 77 F.3d 116
  • 144 A.L.R. Fed. 719
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 4072
  • 1996 WL 73948

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that the Fifth Amendment does not apply “to the actions of a municipal government”
  • noting that the Fifth Amendment does not apply “to the actions of a municipal government”
  • observing that the “protections of the Eighth Amendment against cruel and unusual punishment are limited in scope to convicted prisoners and do not apply to [arrestees or] pretrial detainees”
  • stating that the Fifth Amendment applies only to the actions of the federal government
  • stating, in a similar qualified immunity context, that a district court’s ruling on a motion to dismiss is subject to de novo review
  • noting our jurisdiction over state law claims related to a qualified immunity appeal

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Judges: Wisdom, Davis, Stewart

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