Legal Opinion
Casey D. Stengel v. Raymond L. Belcher, Individually and as a Police Officer of the Policedepartment of the City of Columbus
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 16, 1975No. 75-1075PublishedCited by 156 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEICK, Circuit Judge.
The suit in the court below arose out of an incident in Jimmy’s Cafe in Columbus, Ohio at about 1:30 A.M., on March 1, 1971 in which Raymond L. Belcher, an off-duty policeman, shot and killed two young men and paralyzed a third while acting under color of law.
The suit was brought under authority of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985 for violation of the civil rights of the plaintiffs to due process and equal protection of the laws. Cf. Smartt v. Lusk, 373 F.Supp. 102 (E.D.Tenn.1973), aff’d, 492 F.2d 1244 (6th Cir. 1974).
The plaintiffs in the case were Casey D. Stengel, a 22 year…
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