Legal Opinion
Jacob Powell v. Detective Sylvester Jarvis and Mary Gamble
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 26, 1972No. 483, Docket 71-1948PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYS, Circuit Judge:
Jacob Powell appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissing his complaint for damages and injunctive relief under the civil rights statutes, 42 U.S.C. § 1981 et seq. (1970). We affirm.
Powell’s complaint arises from the circumstances surrounding his arrest and conviction for manslaughter in the Supreme Court of New York, Bronx County. An appeal from this conviction is pending in the state courts. Powell alleges that on December 17, 1968, in the course of investigating a murder committed December 13, 1968,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- United States v. PriceSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Warren Jobson v. Frank R. Henne, Edward D. Stevenson, Murray Bergman and Michael SemchyshynCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Birnbaum v. TrussellCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- Curtis Collum, Cross-Appellee v. Frank A. Butler, James Hand, and James Wooten, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by56 opinions
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- Lester Slotnick v. Harold StaviskeyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
- Robert P. Koch v. David L. Yunich, Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
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