Opinion

Thompson v. Connick

578 F.3d 293
2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 17728
2009 WL 2424566

Court: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Filed: Aug 10, 2009
Status: Published
On the bench: Jones, King, Jolly, Davis, Smith, Wiener, Barksdale, Garza, Benavides, Stewart, Clement, Prado, Owen, Elrod, Southwick, Haynes
Cited by: 23 cases
Authority: More cited than 95.4%

Reversed by Connick v. Thompson, 179 L. Ed. 2d 417 (2011)

holding that it is proper to dismiss allegations against government officers in their official capacities when the allegations duplicate claims against the governmental entity itself

How later courts described this case

holding that it is proper to dismiss allegations against government officers in their official capacities when the allegations duplicate claims against the governmental entity itself
noting that, because "there is no majority opinion, ... no opinion today will bind any court or future party in this circuit”
affirming district court by 8-8 vote
affirming by equally divided court

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

PER CURIAM:

By reason of an equally divided en banc court, the decision of the district court is AFFIRMED. The panel opinion was vacated by the grant of rehearing en banc.

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