Legal Opinion
Kopf v. Skyrm
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 7, 1993No. 92-1566PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:
Ada Kopf appeals a judgment entered after a jury verdict in favor of the defendant police officers and a subsequent summary judgment for the defendant county in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging excessive use of force during the arrest of Kopf s deceased son. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
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At midnight on February 21, 1988, a white male with a handgun robbed a pizza take-out shop in Hyattsville, Maryland. One hundred dollars were stolen. Witnesses recorded the license number of the van in which the perpetrator had fled the scene, and all local police…
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- United States v. RabinowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Morgan v. ForetichCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1988
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