Legal Opinion

Battle v. Dayton-Hudson Corporation

District Court, D. Minnesota

Decided August 22, 1975No. 4-74 Civ. 127PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ALSOP, District Judge.

This action arises out of an incident that occured at a retail department store owned and operated by the defendant Dayton-Hudson Corporation (hereinafter Dayton’s) in St. Paul, Minnesota. The individual defendant, John Kelly, a security employee of Dayton’s, stopped and questioned the plaintiffs, then customers of defendant’s retail store, about a pair of pants then thought by Kelly to be missing.

The complaint alleges that the following dialogue took place:

Defendant Kelly: “I observed this boy taking two pairs of pants into the booth and coming out…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Jenkins v. McKeithenSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Sullivan v. Little Hunting Park, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Soad R. Iskander v. Village of Forest Park and Zayre, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
  2. Lois White v. Scrivner CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
  3. Odie v. Evans v. Lester TubbeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  4. Thompson v. McCoyDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1976
  5. Mendoza v. K-Mart, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1978

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