Legal Opinion
Testa v. Winquist
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided May 15, 1978No. Civ. A. 77-0449PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
PETTINE, Chief Judge.
Third-party defendants Christine Manfredi, Treasurer of the City of Warwick, and Richard Steiner, a Warwick police officer, move to dismiss the action brought by third-party plaintiffs Carl D. Winquist, Lieutenant of the East Providence Police Department and other unnamed officers of that department. The issues briefed by the parties have only a superficial simplicity that masks complicated and controversial questions concerning the scope of both jurisdiction and causes of action in federal court. After careful analysis of all ■ the pertinent issues,…
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