Legal Opinion
Porterfield v. Lott
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 22, 1998No. 97-2254PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge MURNAGHAN and Judge DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ joined.
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
After money laundering and drug trafficking charges were unsuccessfully prosecuted by Richland County, South Carolina officials against Sherman Porterfield, Porterfield sued three sheriffs deputies under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for arresting him and pressing the charges against him without probable cause. The district court denied the deputies’ claims of qualified immunity, giving no reasons for its ruling. For the reasons that…
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