Johnson v. City of Shelby
Holding: The court of appeals erred in entering summary judgment against the petitioners, police officers who filed a lawsuit against the city where they worked, for failure to invoke 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in their complaint. Federal pleading rules do not countenance the dismissal of a complaint for imperfect statement of the legal theory supporting the claim. And in particular, no heightened pleading rule requires plaintiffs seeking damages for violations of constitutional rights to invoke § 1983 expressly in order to state a claim.
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| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Apr 29 2014 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 2, 2014) |
| May 21 2014 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including July 2, 2014. |
| Jul 2 2014 | Brief of respondent City of Shelby, Mississippi in opposition filed. |
| Jul 16 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2014. |
| Jul 16 2014 | Reply memorandum of petitioners Tracey L. Johnson, and David James, Jr. filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 6 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 10, 2014. |
| Oct 14 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 17, 2014. |
| Oct 27 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 31, 2014. |
| Nov 3 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 7, 2014. |
| Nov 10 2014 | Petition GRANTED. Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Opinion per curiam. (Detached Opinion) |
| Dec 12 2014 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
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