Legal Opinion
B.C.R. Transport Co., Inc. v. Norman Fontaine
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 8, 1984No. 83-1335PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MALETZ,
Senior Judge.
In September, 1980, plaintiffs-appellees B.C.R. Transport Co. (B.C.R.) and Richard Restivo, together with Restivo’s wife and daughter, brought a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976) against defendant-appellant Norman Fontaine and three other police officers. The gravamen of their complaint was that the four officers allegedly conducted a wrongful search and seizure of their property in violation of plaintiffs’ Fourth Amendment rights. As against defendant Fontaine the jury awarded a total of $150,000 in compensatory damages and $5,000 in punitive damages to…
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