Legal Opinion
Boggerty v. Wilson
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided June 2, 1987No. Docket 82510PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJ. M. Batzer, J.
Following a jury trial, defendant City of Detroit was found liable under 42 USC 1983 for violating the constitutional rights of plaintiff Major Boggerty (hereafter plaintiff). The city appeals as of right from the judgment to that effect.
Plaintiffs have cross-appealed from the judgment of no cause of action in favor of the individual defendants, police officers for the City of Detroit.
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The instant action arises out of the arrest of plaintiff in the City of Detroit on October 24, 1979. Plaintiff was arrested at the time of the arrest of his brother, Robert, a felonious assault suspect and *518passe…
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