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