Legal Opinion
Aponte-Matos v. Toledo-Davila
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 4, 1998No. 97-1645PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
A Puerto Rican family whose home was searched under a warrant authorizing a weapons search sued the intruding Puerto Rican and federal officers and their supervisors on various claims of violation of civil rights. The district court dismissed all claims against all defendants in a series of summary judgment orders. One argument made by plaintiffs on appeal leads us to reinstate a portion of their ease.
Plaintiffs claim that the Puerto Rican police officer, Ernesto Laboy-Escobar, who filed the affidavit and swore to facts in support of the search warrant lied in doing so,…
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