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  1. Abuse of Process
  2. Administrative Liability
  3. Administrative Liability: Direct Participation
  4. Administrative Liability: Employment References
  5. Administrative Liability: Ratification
  6. AIDS Related
  7. Arrestee Suicide/Suicide by Cop
  8. Arrestee Transportation
  9. Assault and Battery: Baton/Nightstick
  10. Assault and Battery: Chemical
  11. Assault and Battery: Choke Holds
  12. Assault and Battery: Emotional Harm
  13. Assault and Battery: Flash-Bang Devices
  14. Assault and Battery: Flashlight
  15. Assault and Battery: Handcuffs & Restraints
  16. Assault and Battery: Non-Lethal Projectiles
  17. Assault and Battery: Physical
  18. Assault and Battery: Stun Guns/Tasers
  19. Attorneys' Fees
  20. Attorneys' Fees: Against Government
  21. Attorneys' Fees: Against Individual
  22. Attorneys' Fees: Computation
  23. Attorneys' Fees & Costs: For Defendants
  24. Attorneys' Fees & Costs: For Plaintiffs
  25. Attorneys' Fees: Procedural Under Section 1983
  26. Attorneys' Fees: Qualified Immunity
  27. Bankruptcy: Defense and Procedural Issues
  28. Business Permits and Regulations
  29. Code of Silence
  30. Confidentiality: Informants
  31. Conflicts of Interest -- Legal Representation
  32. Cost Recovery: Law Enforcement
  33. Counterclaims
  34. Crime Victim's Rights
  35. Damages: Compensatory
  36. Damages: Countersuits
  37. Damages: Jury Trial Right
  38. Damages: Nominal
  39. Damages: Punitive Government
  40. Damages: Punitive Individual
  41. Damages: Statutory Cap
  42. Damages: Survival of Action
  43. Defamation
  44. Defenses: Absolute Immunity
  45. Defenses: Absolute Judicial Immunity
  46. Defenses: Absolute Witness Immunity
  47. Defenses: Abstention
  48. Defenses: Assumption of Risk
  49. Defenses: Bankruptcy
  50. Defenses: Bifurcation of Claims
  51. Defenses: Collateral Estoppel & Judicial Estoppel
  52. Defenses: Duty to Defend
  53. Defenses: Eleventh Amendment
  54. Defenses: Fugitive Disentitlement
  55. Defenses: Governmental Immunity
  56. Defenses: Improper Defendant
  57. Defenses: Indemnification
  58. Defenses: Individual
  59. Defenses: Issue Preclusion
  60. Defenses: Judicial Bias
  61. Defenses: Jurisdiction
  62. Defenses: Jury Misconduct
  63. Defenses: Minor Plaintiffs
  64. Defenses: Notice of Claim
  65. Defenses: Official Immunity
  66. Defenses: Privilege/Immunity
  67. Defenses: Qualified Immunity
  68. Defenses: Release Agreements
  69. Defenses: Service of Summons
  70. Defenses: Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act
  71. Defenses: Sovereign Immunity
  72. Defenses: Statute of Limitations
  73. Defenses: Survival of Claims
  74. Defenses: Therapist-Patient Privilege
  75. Defenses: Tribal Immunity
  76. Defenses: Witnesses
  77. Disability Discrimination
  78. DNA Testing & Issues
  79. Dogs
  80. Domestic Violence & Child Abuse
  81. Due Process
  82. Duty to Defend
  83. Electronic Control Weapons
  84. Emotional Distress
  85. Excessive Force
  86. Excited Delirium
  87. Expert Witnesses
  88. Expungement
  89. Extortion
  90. Extradition
  91. Failure to Disclose Evidence, & Loss of Evidence/Preservation of Evidence
  92. False Arrest/Imprisonment: Computer Assisted
  93. False Arrest/Imprisonment: Consular Rights
  94. False Arrest/Imprisonment: From Private Citizens
  95. False Arrest/Imprisonment: Mental Illness Commitment
  96. False Arrest/Imprisonment: No Warrant
  97. False Arrest/Imprisonment: Unlawful Detention
  98. False Arrest/Imprisonment: Warrant
  99. Family Relationships
  100. Federal Tort Claims Act
  101. Firearms: Accidental Use
  102. Firearms: Intentional Use
  103. Firearms: Licenses, Regulations & Other Issues
  104. Firearms: Negligent Use
  105. Firearms: Second Amendment Issues
  106. First Amendment
  107. Force
  108. Forfeiture Proceedings
  109. Freedom of Information
  110. Frivolous Suits
  111. Gang Activity
  112. Governmental Liability: Federal Government
  113. Governmental Liability: Indemnity
  114. Governmental Liability: Local Government
  115. Governmental Liability: Policy/Custom
  116. Governmental Liability: Sheriffs/Constables
  117. Governmental Liability: State Government
  118. Governmental Liability: Supervision
  119. Governmental Liability: Training
  120. Handcuffing
  121. Homeless Persons
  122. Immigrants & Immigration Issues
  123. Injunctive Relief
  124. Insurance
  125. Interrogation
  126. Interrogation: Children
  127. Investigatory Stops
  128. Juvenile Arrestees
  129. Landlord-Tenant Conflicts
  130. Less Lethal Devices and Weapons
  131. Malicious Prosecution
  132. Medical Care
  133. Miscellaneous: Towing
  134. Native American Police Officers & Agencies
  135. Negligence: Arrestees
  136. Negligence: Bystanders
  137. Negligence: Comparative
  138. Negligence: Dead Body Identification/Handling
  139. Negligence: License Approval
  140. Negligence: Medical Assistance
  141. Negligence: Incapacitated Persons
  142. Negligence: Informants
  143. Negligence: Property of Others
  144. Negligence: Public Protection
  145. Negligence: Special Duty: Sheriff
  146. Negligence: Specific Duty By Law
  147. Negligence: Traffic Signals
  148. Negligence: Vehicle Related
  149. Negligence: To Traveling Public
  150. Negligent or Inadequate Hiring, Retention & Supervision
  151. Negligent or Inadequate Investigation/Failure to Investigate
  152. Off Duty/Color of Law: Arrest Related
  153. Off Duty/Color of Law: Assault and Battery
  154. Off Duty/Color of Law: Firearms Related
  155. Off Duty/Color of Law: Moonlighting
  156. Off Duty/Color of Law: Personal Action
  157. Off Duty/Color of Law: Supervisory Liability
  158. Off Duty/Color of Law: Vehicle Related
  159. Other Misconduct: Access to Courts
  160. Other Misconduct: Conspiracy
  161. Other Misconduct: Conversion
  162. Other Misconduct: Eviction
  163. Other Misconduct: Fabrication of Evidence
  164. Other Misconduct: Foreign Arrestess
  165. Other Misconduct: Harassment
  166. Other Misconduct: Outrageous Conduct
  167. Other Misconduct: Lineups
  168. Other Misconduct: Property Sale
  169. Other Misconduct: Punishment of Detainees
  170. Other Misconduct: Racial - Section 1981
  171. Other Misconduct: Retaliatory Investigation
  172. Parking Tickets and Traffic Offenses
  173. Parole
  174. Pepper Spray (OC), Tear Gas and Chemical Agents
  175. Perjury
  176. Police Plaintiffs
  177. Police Plaintiffs: Assault and Battery
  178. Police Plaintiffs: Defamation
  179. Police Plaintiffs: Dramshop Liability
  180. Police Plaintiffs: Firearms Related
  181. Police Plaintiffs: Firefighters' Rule
  182. Police Plaintiffs: Legal Malpractice
  183. Police Plaintiffs: Malicious Prosecution
  184. Police Plaintiffs: Premises Liability
  185. Police Plaintiffs: Privacy
  186. Police Plaintiffs: Products Liability
  187. Police Plaintiffs: Pursuit
  188. Police Plaintiffs: Suicide Related
  189. Police Plaintiff: Training Injuries
  190. Police Plaintiffs: Vehicle Related
  191. Police Plaintiffs: Wrongful Death
  192. Polygraphs
  193. Positional, Restraint and Compressional Asphyxia
  194. Prisoner's Lawsuits
  195. Privacy
  196. Procedural: Amendment of Complaint
  197. Procedural: Appeal
  198. Procedural: Burden of Proof
  199. Procedural: Class Action
  200. Procedural: Cross-Examination
  201. Procedural: Discovery
  202. Procedural: Evidence
  203. Procedural: Failure to Prosecute
  204. Procedural: Judicial Estoppel
  205. Procedural: Jury Selection & Jury Trial Right
  206. Procedural: Pleading
  207. Procedural: Police Records/Reports
  208. Procedural: Psychiatric Evaluation
  209. Procedural: Removal
  210. Procedural: Section 1983 in General
  211. Procedural: Separate Trials
  212. Procedural: Summary Judgment
  213. Procedural: Venue
  214. Property
  215. Public Protection
  216. Public Protection: Arrestees
  217. Public Protection: Crime & Accident Victims
  218. Public Protection: Disturbed/Suicidal Persons
  219. Public Protection: Hostages
  220. Public Protection: Ill Persons
  221. Public Protection: Informants
  222. Public Protection: Intoxicated persons
  223. Public Protection: 911 Phone Systems
  224. Public Protection: Minors
  225. Public Protection: Motoring Public & Pedestrians
  226. Public Protection: Rescue Situations
  227. Public Protection: Sexual Orientation
  228. Public Protection: Witnesses
  229. Pursuits - Law Enforcement
  230. Racial/National Origin Discrimination
  231. Release Agreements
  232. Restitution
  233. RICO
  234. Roadblocks
  235. Search and Seizure: Computer Related
  236. Search and Seizure: Courthouse Security
  237. Search and Seizure: Home/Business
  238. Search and Seizure: Inventory
  239. Search and Seizure: Media Presence
  240. Search and Seizure: Of Police
  241. Search and Seizure: Person
  242. Search and Seizure: School Premises
  243. Search and Seizure: Search Warrants
  244. Search and Seizure: Vehicle
  245. Settlement Agreements
  246. Sex Discrimination
  247. Sexual Assault & Harassment
  248. Sexual Orientation Discrimination
  249. State Constitutional Claims
  250. Strip Searches
  251. Stun Guns/Tasers
  252. Suicide by Cop
  253. SWAT Issues
  254. Tasers/Stun Guns
  255. Terrorism and National Security Issues
  256. Towing
  257. Use of Force
  258. U.S. Supreme Court Cases
  259. Vehicular Liability and Claims
  260. Weapon Confusion
  261. Wiretapping, Video Surveillance, & Internet Legal Issues
  262. Wrongful Death
  263. Youth Curfews

HOW TO USE THIS LAW LIBRARY OF CASE SUMMARIES

     Case summaries are put a principal category, although some entries are duplicated in more than one category. Users need to scroll the topics, from beginning to end, to familiarize themselves with the Alpha Listings, and to cross-check other categories. AELE periodicals were published exclusively in print format until 2001; since then, they have been published online. The abbreviations for our periodicals are: FP for the Fire and Police Personnel Reporter, LR for the AELE Law Enforcement Liability Reporter, and JB for the AELE Jail and Prisoner Law Bulletin.

     Prior to 2002, the more recent entries list the page number where the article appeared in a former print edition; [1993 FP 51] means page 51 in the 1993 volume of the Fire and Police Personnel Reporter. 271:102 means page 102 in issue No. 271 of the periodical for that Digest (LR or JB).

     Starting in 2002, all three publications were published entirely online, and have an electronic citation for each monthly issue, such as 2002 LR Jan, 2003 FP Feb or 2004 JB Mar.

     Entries that were not the subject of full articles are noted by {N/R}, which means “Not Reported.” Those additional summaries were added to assist the editors and users with their research. A few older entries have a “EHL&B” notation indicating the case was discussed in Employment Health Law & Benefits (1986-1994).


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