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Jefferson Vs. City of Tarrant
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- US Supreme Court
- Nov 04, 1997
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Jefferson v. CitySearch
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Term, 1997 Syllabus Jefferson, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Jefferson, Deceased, Et Al. V. CitySearch
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claims, the City argued that, under Robertson v. WegmannSearch
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plaintiffs may not recover punitive damages against a municipality, see Newport v. FactSearch
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a). This finality rule is firm, not a technicality to be easily scorned. Radio Station WOlf, Inc. v. JohnsonSearch
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court decision is not final unless and until it has effectively determined the entire litigation. Market Street R. Co. v. RailroadSearch
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state-law claims. In a virtually identical case, this Court has dismissed certiorari for want of jurisdiction. O'Dell v. EspinozaSearch
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which the Court has found finality despite the promise of further state-court proceedings. See Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. CohnSearch
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will in no way limit this Court's ability to 77 review the issue on final judgment. See, e. g., Hathorn v. LovornSearch
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U. S. 255, 261-262. The Court confines Pennsylvania v. RitchieSearch
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potential recovery for the City's alleged constitutional torts.1 For this argument, the City relied on Robertson v. WegmannSearch
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Court had interpreted the State's Wrongful Death Act as providing a punitive damages remedy only. See, e. g., Geohagen v. GeneralSearch
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appeal, the Alabama Supreme Court reversed. 682 So. 2d 29 (1996). Relying on its earlier opinion in Carter v. BirminghamSearch
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Market Street R. Co. v. RailroadSearch
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Inc. v. JohnsonSearch
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will include a trial on the merits of the state-law claims. In the relevant respect, this case is identical to O'Dell v. EspinozaSearch
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that determination will in no way limit our ability to review the issue on final judgment. See, e. g., Hathorn v. LovornSearch
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their federal questions to the state courts a second time before obtaining review in this Court. See Pennsylvania v. RitchieSearch
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It is so ordered. JUSTICE STEVENS, dissenting. In my opinion, the jurisdictional holding in Pennsylvania v. RitchieSearch
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claims. Our decisions in cases such as Smith v. WadeSearch
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U. S. 30 (1983), Newport v. FactSearch
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Concerts, Inc., 453 U. S. 247 (1981), and Carey v. PiphusSearch
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is governed by federal law. Cf. Sullivan v. LittleSearch
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As a matter of federal law we have already decided that compensatory damages may be recovered in such a case, Monell v. NewSearch
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Owen v. IndependenceSearch
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and to dismiss the appeal, my vote is to reverse the judgment of the Alabama Supreme Court. 2 Robertson v. WegmannSearch
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Syllabus Jefferson, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Jefferson, Deceased, Et Al. V. CitySearch
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Robertson v. WegmannSearch
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Newport v. FactSearch
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Radio Station WOlf, Inc. v. JohnsonSearch
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See Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. CohnSearch
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Geohagen v. GeneralSearch
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See Newport v. FactSearch
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Carter v. BirminghamSearch
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Court. See Pennsylvania v. RitchieSearch
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Smith v. WadeSearch
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and Carey v. PiphusSearch
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Cf. Sullivan v. LittleSearch
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Monell v. NewSearch
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