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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).