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

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).