Legal Opinion
Woodward v. Gray
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 13, 2000No. A99A2450PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Eldridge, Judge.
Rosaline Ogletree Woodward sued Officer Elaine Gray and her employer, Columbus, Georgia, for arresting her without probable cause for disorderly conduct, giving rise to claims under OCGA §§ 51-7-1, 51-7-20, 51-7-22, 51-7-40 and 51-7-41, assault and battery, and 42 USC § 1983. Woodward’s alleged disorderly conduct consisted of standing eight feet from Officer Gray in the street across from her mother’s home for several minutes and yelling in a loud voice that Gray was harassing people without reason when she arrested her brothers and put them in handcuffs; Woodward refused to…
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