Legal Opinion
Smartt v. Lusk
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided February 2, 1973No. Civ. A. 1104PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
NEESE, District Judge.
This is a damage action under the Civil Rights Act. The Court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1343, 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiff Mr. Willard Smartt was injured while in the custody of police officers of McMinnville, Tennessee on November 18, 1970. He had been engaged with a companion Mr. Hervy Bowlin in a day-long spree of drinking beer and was arrested lawfully for driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant. 1
The arrests of Messrs. Smartt and Bowlin 8 were made by the defendant Mr. Charles M. Lusk, who transported his…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Basista v. WeirCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Hattie Brazier v. W. B. CherryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Robert Leon Jenkins, a Minor, by His Mother and Next Friend, Roberta B. Jenkins v. F. W. AverettCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
- Billy Ray Stringer v. Robert DilgerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Casey D. Stengel v. Raymond L. Belcher, Individually and as a Police Officer of the Policedepartment of the City of ColumbusCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
- Popow v. City of MargateDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1979
- Mrs. Carnell Russ, Etc. v. Charles Lee Ratliff, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Richard Wayne Shannon v. Bill LesterCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
- Campbell v. BucklesDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1977
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