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