Legal Opinion
Apton v. Wilson
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 16, 1974No. Nos. 73-1614, 73-1615PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:
These cases arise from law enforcement activities during the “May Day Demonstrations” of May, 1971, described in Sullivan v. Murphy.1 That was a class action in which plaintiffs complaining of arrest, detention, fingerprinting, booking, and prosecution without probable cause sought expungement of police records. This court held that a class action was appropriate in light of the extraordinary circumstances of the May Day arrests, for which the police suspended normal post-arrest procedures that ordinarily allow individualized determinations of probable cause; that…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by134 opinions
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- Honorable Ronald v. Dellums v. James M. Powell, Chief, United States Capitol Police, Jerry v. Wilson, Chief, Metropolitan Police DepartmentCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Briscoe v. LahueCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- United States v. HeldtCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
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