Legal Opinion
United States v. Matias Delerme, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 14, 1972No. 71-2047PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge-
This appeal from a judgment of conviction entered on a non-jury finding of guilty under 18 U.S.C. §. 242, prohibiting the wilful deprivation under color of. law of the rights, privileges or immunities guaranteed to an inhabitant by the Constitution, poses the single question whether there was sufficient proof that' the accused, a police officer, took it upon himself to administer punishment for an alleged traffic offense. If such was his purpose, his conduct deprived a Virgin Islands resident of due process of law, and thus was duly cognizable as a…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- National Labor Relations Board v. Columbian Enameling & Stamping Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
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3Cited by63 opinions
- Government of Virgin Islands v. GereauCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
- United States v. ReeseCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
- Henry Howell v. CataldiCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- John William Smith v. Dominick Spina, Individually and as Director of the Police Department of the City of Newark, N. J.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Charles Cary StokesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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