Legal Opinion
Spell v. McDaniel
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided July 12, 1984No. 84-06-CIV-3PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JAMES C. FOX, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Henry Spell, initiated this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by complaint filed January 26, 1984. Plaintiff seeks compensatory and punitive damages for injuries allegedly caused by police misconduct. Spell predicates his action on a deprivation of his constitutional rights substantively secured by the Fourth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Jurisdiction is based upon 28 U.S.C. § 1331 and § 1343.
Named as defendants are Charles McDaniel, the allegedly culpable individual officer of the City of Fayetteville Police Department, who directly…
2Cases cited140 opinions
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- Foman v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by74 opinions
- Shaw v. StroudCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994
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