Lancaster v. Monroe County
Is it still good law? What later courts have actually done to this case.
Status
More on how this was screened
Its separate analysis of detainees' medical needs was not addressed by LeFrere. All 70 flagged citations have been read; the confirmed treatment is listed below.
70 later cases cite Lancaster v. Monroe County; 70 of those citations sat close to treatment language and were flagged for reading, and all of them have been read. Citations that did not sit near treatment language were not flagged and were not read one by one, so a court that weakened this case without using any of that language would not appear here.
Relying on Lancaster v. Monroe County?
This page shows what later courts did to it. Ask about your specific facts and see whether it still carries your argument, with citations you can check.
Treatments
Overruled in part
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The Eleventh Circuit held that Alabama jailers no longer have the absolute state law immunity recognized in Lancaster.
LeFrere v. Quezada · Eleventh Circuit · filed
Because the Shelley decision effectively overrules our Lancaster decision on the issue of absolute immunity for Alabama jailers facing state law claims, Officer Quezada’s motion to dismiss on that ground was properly denied.
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