FIELDS ET AL.

v.

ALLEN ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (20 total)

• Arthur v. Hillsborough Cnty. Bd. of Crim. Just., 588 So. 2d 236 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991)
  …he authority of its earlier decision in Howlett v. Rose, 537 So. 2d 706 (Fla. 2d DCA), review denied, 545 So. 2d 1367 (Fla. 1989) and the Florida Supreme Court’s decision in Hill v. Department of Corrections, 513 So. 2d 129 (Fla.1987), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 1064, 108 S.Ct. 1024, 98 L.Ed.2d 989 (1988), had dismissed the appellant’s action against the Hillsborough County Board of Criminal Justice (the Board) pursuant to the Judicial Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982).1 Arthur v. Hillsbor- [*237…
• Jones v. Kirkland, 696 So. 2d 1249 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997)
  …Court has held that section 768.28 does not waive immunity of the state, nor its officers, employees or agents sued in their official capacities, from section 1983 actions. Hill v. Department of Corrections, 513 So. 2d 129 (Fla.1987), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 1064, 108 S.Ct. 1024, 98 L.Ed.2d 989 (1988). The holding in Hill has been carefully limited by the United States Supreme Court. Howlett v. Rose, 496 U.S. 356, 110 S.Ct. 2430, 110 L.Ed.2d 332 (1990). The Court clarified that sovereign immunity in stat…
• Black v. Rouse, 587 So. 2d 1359 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991)
  …us, she is not a party to this appeal. In an action brought in state court pursuant to Section 1983, the court must determine whether sovereign immunity bars the suit. Hill v. Department of Corrections, 513 So. 2d 129, 131 (Fla.1987), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 1064, 108 S.Ct. 1024, 98 L.Ed.2d 989 (1988). “Liability for civil rights violations cannot be predicated upon a respondeat superior theory.” Lambrix v. Dugger, 547 So. 2d 1265 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989). We hold that the trial court was correct when it granted…