Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Town of Mendon
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 17, 2002No. 00-1077, 00-1239 and 00-1240PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEARNS, District Judge.
This case, which unfolded against a backdrop of small town intrigue that would have excited the imagination of Grace Me-talious, 1 raises interesting questions about bifurcation, a common practice in police civil rights cases, and the extent to which the parties to a case may be bound on appeal by their strategic choices at trial.
After a drunk driving arrest and a station house altercation, plaintiff-appellant Richard Wilson sued the Towns of Mendon and Hopedale, their respective chiefs of police, and five Mendon and Hopedale police officers. Prior to trial, Magistrate…
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