Legal Opinion
Riley v. City of Montgomery, AL
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 30, 1997No. 95-6356PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment for Defendants on his Section 1983 and state law malicious prosecution claims based on alleged Fourth Amendment violations and on the resulting criminal convictions. We affirm the district court’s ruling on the constitutional validity of the two stop and searches at issue but vacate its ruling on allegations that one of the Defendants — contrary to the Constitution: — planted evidence.
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This action arises from two stop and searches that resulted in police finding cocaine and, later, in convictions of…
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