Opinion

District of Columbia v. Brown

  • 471 U.S. 1073
  • 53 U.S.L.W. 3777
  • 105 S. Ct. 2153
  • 85 L. Ed. 2d 509
  • 1985 U.S. LEXIS 1721
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
Apr 29, 1985
Status
Published
On the bench
Certiorari
Cited by
23 cases
Authority
More cited than 87.8%

holding that noncompliance with a notice of claim provision in the District of Columbia Code does not bar federal causes of action

How later courts described this case

  • holding that noncompliance with a notice of claim provision in the District of Columbia Code does not bar federal causes of action
  • holding that plaintiff’s noncompliance with D.C.Code § 12-309 cannot bar federal claims
  • case for assimilation of Sec. 1983 and Bivens caselaw "is especially strong" in constitutional tort actions against District of Columbia
  • case for assimilation of § 1983 and Bivens caselaw "is especially strong” in constitutional tort actions against District of Columbia

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

C. A. D. C. Cir. Motion of respondent Brown, aka Yusaf Lateef Salahuddin, *1074 for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari denied.

The Chief Justice and Justice White would grant certiorari.

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