Legal Opinion
Armstrong v. Borie
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 29, 1980No. Civ. A. 75-1291PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
RAYMOND J. BRODERICK, District Judge.
The plaintiff, Mark Armstrong, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985 and 1986 against two Philadelphia police officers, the then Police Commissioner, and the City of Philadelphia, alleging that his Constitutional rights were violated in that he was arrested without probable cause, beaten, and subjected to a strip search by the two police officers. The plaintiff also raised pendent state tort law claims of false arrest and assault and battery. The case was tried before a jury on March 6, 7, 8, and 9, 1979. At the close of plaintiff’s case,…
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- Warren Curtis v. Angus Russell EveretteCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
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