Steinberg v. State

OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs, Ellen F. Steinberg and Tami A. Cox, from a judgment in the Superior Court dismissing the plaintiffs’ complaint for an alleged violation of their civil rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (1974) and for false imprisonment, upon the defendant’s motion for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56 of the Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure.

The plaintiffs filed a complaint in Superi- or Court alleging1 that on December 4,1978, they were arrested by the Rhode Island State Police without an arrest warrant and were not arraigned…