Legal Opinion
Shirley P. Langevine v. District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 25, 1997No. 96-7057PublishedCited by 138 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge EDWARDS.
Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.
HARRY T. EDWARDS, Chief Judge:
This case arose out of Shirley P. Langev-ine’s arrest for disorderly conduct by two Metropolitan Police Department officers who had stopped Langevine for speeding. Lan-gevine sued the officers and the District of Columbia (“defendants”) for common-law false arrest, false imprisonment, and assault and battery, and, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1994), for violation of her Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights. A jury found in favor of…
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