Legal Opinion
Wilson v. City of Boston
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 31, 2005No. 04-1310PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
This appeal stems from a mass arrest sting designed to capture a large number of persons with outstanding arrest warrants. Plaintiff-appellant Niquicia Wilson, who had no criminal record and was never subject to an arrest warrant, was mistakenly swept up in the arrest. As a result of this experience, she sued various arresting officers and the City of Boston under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law. The district court granted summary judgment to the City, but the rest of the case went to trial. Wilson prevailed at trial against Captain Robert Dunford, who planned and…
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