Legal Opinion
Tucker v. Thompson
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided August 5, 1976No. 75-1-MACPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OWENS, District Judge:
Plaintiff, Mrs. Cherry S. Tucker, a Florida citizen, filed her complaint against the City of Macon, former Macon police officer Charles Carey Stokes and former Macon Mayor Ronnie Thompson alleging that she is entitled to money damages for the wrongful death of her deceased husband John V. Tucker caused by his being assaulted, struck and beaten in the city jail by officer Stokes while under arrest for being drunk in a public place, the bar of the Ramada Inn. Mrs. Tucker asserts that this court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)1 because she is a Florida citizen…
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- Richard W. Hostrop v. Board of Junior College District No. 515, Counties of Cook and Will and Stateof Illinois, a Body Politic and CorporateCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- William J. BEVERLY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LONE STAR LEAD CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Dunlap v. City of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1977
- Anderson v. JonesDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1980