Legal Opinion
David L. Joseph, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross v. James H. Rowlen, Defendant-Appellee-Cross
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 1, 1970No. 18105_1PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMPBELL,* District Judge.
This case is before this court for the second time. This action is brought by plaintiff under the Federal Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 1983) and charges defendant, a city police officer, with the deprivation of plaintiff’s constitutional rights while acting under color of state law, by reason of the false arrest arid detention of plaintiff.
At the first trial the district court directed a verdict in favor of defendant at the close of plaintiff’s case. On appeal, this court reversed, finding that “plaintiff made out a case that Rowlen, acting under color of state law…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Fairmount Glass Works v. Cub Fork Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- William Whirl v. C. v. (Buster) Kern and Fidelity and Deposit Company of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- David L. Joseph v. James H. RowlenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1968
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. UrlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Johnny Gray v. Detective Spillman Detective Bishop Detective Riggs Detective CartnerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
- George C. Hibma v. Richard T. Odegaard, James Nikodem, and Michael Paul Szula, and Sawyer County, Wisconsin, InterveningCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Herber v. Johns-Manville Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
- Stinson v. Acme Propane Gas Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1980
- Clifton Thomas v. Willis Stalter and Robert HeathCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
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