Johnson v. Conner’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate ·

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1. “Alabama Code § 14-6-1 provides that persons, such as jail employees, who act or undertake duties at the direction and supervision of the sheriff are immune from state law claims to the same extent as the Sheriff “as long as he or she is acting within the line and scope of his or her duties and is acting in compliance with the law.” How should this court interpret “acting in compliance with the law” in order to not render the grant of immunity meaningless or the phrase superfluous? Specifically, what is the “law” encompassed by the requirement that a jail employee act in compliance with the law?”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ronnie Guy Young v. Kimberly Myhrer

2. “(1) to compel him to perform his duties, (2) to compel him to perform ministerial acts, (3) to enjoin him from enforcing unconstitutional laws, (4) to enjoin him from acting in bad faith, fraudulently, beyond his authority, or under mistaken interpretation of the law, or (5) to seek construction of a statute under the Declaratory Judgment Act if he is a necessary party for the construction of the statute.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Young v. Myhrer