Herron v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““This suit arose out of a claim for damages sustained by plaintiffs, husband and wife, after their arrest for possession of marijuana. Mrs. Herron, who was incarcerated in lieu of posting a $50,000 bond, alleged that she was forced by a deputy sheriff on duty at the Catahoula Parish jail to engage in sexual intercourse with him on two occasions, August 21 and 28, 1985. It was also alleged that the sheriff of Catahoula Parish actively fostered a ‘cover-up’ of the incidents. Named as defendants were the sheriff, Thomas L. Jackson, the deputy sheriff-alleged perpetrator, Nash Rutledge, and the parish insurer, Southern American Insurance Company. Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment and presented affidavits by Sheriff Jackson and the sheriff of Franklin Parish which stated that Mrs. Herron had been transferred from the Catahoula Parish jail to the Franklin Parish jail on August 15, 1985, where she remained until September 6, 1985. At trial on the motion for summary judgment defendants argued that the alleged incidents could not have taken place in the Cata- houla Parish jail on the dates set forth in the petition, August 21 and 28, 1985, since Mrs. Herron was not incarcerated there after August 15, 1985. Therefore, defendants asserted, there was no genuine issue as to material fact and they were entitled to judgment as a matter of law.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 558 So. 2d 303 - Herron v. Jackson