Legal Opinion
Ryland v. Shapiro
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided August 15, 1984No. Civ. A. 81-1709PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SHAW, District Judge.
In this suit, Hardy and Alma Odessa Ryland seek recovery under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, from Edwin Ware and Edward Roberts. The Rylands claim that the defendants, in the course of their duties as District Attorney and Assistant District Attorney of Rapides Parish, deprived them of their civil rights by wrongfully interfering with their access to the state courts in order to bring a wrongful death claim. Such a claim is now pending in state court against a former Assistant District Attorney, A1 Shapiro, and it is alleged therein that Shapiro…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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