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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: Indemnity
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. Electronic Control Weapons
83. Emotional Distress
84. Excessive Force
85. Expert Witnesses
86. Expungement
87. Extortion
88. Extradition
89. Failure to Disclose Evidence, & Loss of Evidence/Preservation of Evidence
90. False Arrest/Imprisonment: Computer Assisted
91. False Arrest/Imprisonment: Consular Rights
92. False Arrest/Imprisonment: From Private Citizens
93. False Arrest/Imprisonment: Mental Illness Commitment
94. False Arrest/Imprisonment: No Warrant
95. False Arrest/Imprisonment: Unlawful Detention
96. False Arrest/Imprisonment: Warrant
97. Family Relationships
98. Federal Tort Claims Act
99. Firearms: Accidental Use
100. Firearms: Intentional Use
101. Firearms: Licenses & Regulations
102. Firearms: Negligent Use
103. Firearms: Second Amendment Issues
104. First Amendment
105. Force
106. Forfeiture Proceedings
107. Freedom of Information
108. Frivolous Suits
109. Gang Activity
110. Governmental Liability: Federal Government
111. Governmental Liability: Indemnity
112. Governmental Liability: Local Government
113. Governmental Liability: Policy/Custom
114. Governmental Liability: Sheriffs/Constables
115. Governmental Liability: State Government
116. Governmental Liability: Supervision
117. Governmental Liability: Training
118. Handcuffing
119. Homeless Persons
120. Immigrants & Immigration Issues
121. Injunctive Relief
122. Insurance
123. Interrogation
124. Interrogation: Children
125. Investigatory Stops
126. Juvenile Arrestees
127. Landlord-Tenant Conflicts
128. Less Lethal Devices and Weapons
129. Malicious Prosecution
130. Medical Care
131. Miscellaneous: Towing
132. Negligence: Arrestees
133. Negligence: Bystanders
134. Negligence: Comparative
135. Negligence: Dead Body Identification/Handling
136. Negligence: License Approval
137. Negligence: Medical Assistance
138. Negligence: Incapacitated Persons
139. Negligence: Informants
140. Negligence: Property of Others
141. Negligence: Public Protection
142. Negligence: Special Duty: Sheriff
143. Negligence: Specific Duty By Law
144. Negligence: Traffic Signals
145. Negligence: Vehicle Related
146. Negligence: To Traveling Public
147. Negligent or Inadequate Hiring, Retention & Supervision
148. Negligent or Inadequate Investigation/Failure to Investigate
149. Off Duty/Color of Law: Arrest Related
150. Off Duty/Color of Law: Assault and Battery
151. Off Duty/Color of Law: Firearms Related
152. Off Duty/Color of Law: Moonlighting
153. Off Duty/Color of Law: Personal Action
154. Off Duty/Color of Law: Supervisory Liability
155. Off Duty/Color of Law: Vehicle Related
156. Other Misconduct: Access to Courts
157. Other Misconduct: Conspiracy
158. Other Misconduct: Conversion
159. Other Misconduct: Eviction
160. Other Misconduct: Fabrication of Evidence
161. Other Misconduct: Foreign Arrestess
162. Other Misconduct: Harassment
163. Other Misconduct: Outrageous Conduct
164. Other Misconduct: Lineups
165. Other Misconduct: Property Sale
166. Other Misconduct: Punishment of Detainees
167. Other Misconduct: Racial - Section 1981
168. Other Misconduct: Retaliatory Investigation
169. Parking Tickets and Traffic Offenses
170. Parole
171. Pepper Spray (OC), Tear Gas and Chemical Agents
172. Perjury
173. Police Plaintiffs
174. Police Plaintiffs: Assault and Battery
175. Police Plaintiffs: Defamation
176. Police Plaintiffs: Dramshop Liability
177. Police Plaintiffs: Firearms Related
178. Police Plaintiffs: Firefighters' Rule
179. Police Plaintiffs: Legal Malpractice
180. Police Plaintiffs: Malicious Prosecution
181. Police Plaintiffs: Premises Liability
182. Police Plaintiffs: Privacy
183. Police Plaintiffs: Products Liability
184. Police Plaintiffs: Pursuit
185. Police Plaintiffs: Suicide Related
186. Police Plaintiffs: Training Injuries
187. Police Plaintiffs: Vehicle Related
188. Police Plaintiffs: Wrongful Death
189. Polygraphs
190. Positional, Restraint and Compressional Asphyxia
191. Prisoner's Lawsuits
192. Privacy
193. Procedural: Amendment of Complaint
194. Procedural: Appeal
195. Procedural: Burden of Proof
196. Procedural: Class Action
197. Procedural: Cross-Examination
198. Procedural: Discovery
199. Procedural: Evidence
200. Procedural: Failure to Prosecute
201. Procedural: Judicial Estoppel
202. Procedural: Jury Selection & Jury Trial Right
203. Procedural: Pleading
204. Procedural: Police Records/Reports
205. Procedural: Psychiatric Evaluation
206. Procedural: Removal
207. Procedural: Section 1983 in General
208. Procedural: Separate Trials
209. Procedural: Summary Judgment
210. Procedural: Venue
211. Property
212. Public Protection
213. Public Protection: Arrestees
214. Public Protection: Crime & Accident Victims
215. Public Protection: Disturbed/Suicidal Persons
216. Public Protection: Hostages
217. Public Protection: Ill Persons
218. Public Protection: Informants
219. Public Protection: Intoxicated persons
220. Public Protection: 911 Phone Systems
221. Public Protection: Minors
222. Public Protection: Motoring Public & Pedestrians
223. Public Protection: Rescue Situations
224. Public Protection: Sexual Orientation
225. Public Protection: Witnesses
226. Pursuits - Law Enforcement
227. Racial/National Origin Discrimination
228. Release Agreements
229. Restitution
230. RICO
231. Roadblocks
232. Search and Seizure: Computer Related
233. Search and Seizure: Courthouse Security
234. Search and Seizure: Home/Business
235. Search and Seizure: Inventory
236. Search and Seizure: Media Presence
237. Search and Seizure: Of Police
238. Search and Seizure: Person
239. Search and Seizure: School Premises
240. Search and Seizure: Search Warrants
241. Search and Seizure: Vehicle
242. Settlement Agreements
243. Sex Discrimination
244. Sexual Assault & Harassment
245. Sexual Orientation Discrimination
246. State Constitutional Claims
247. Strip Searches
248. Stun Guns/Tasers
249. Suicide by Cop
250. SWAT Issues
251. Tasers/Stun Guns
252. Terrorism and National Security Issues
253. Towing
254. Use of Force
255. U.S. Supreme Court Cases
256. Vehicular Liability and Claims
257. Weapon Confusion
258. Wiretapping, Video Surveillance & Internet Legal Issues
259. Wrongful Death
260. 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).