Legal Opinion
Blake v. Town of Delaware City
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided November 14, 1977No. Civ. A. 76-108PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LATCHUM, Chief Judge.
In this case, the plaintiff, Franklin R. Blake (“Blake”), seeks compensatory and punitive damages in the amount of $2 million dollars for alleged violations of his constitutional rights. 1 The defendants are the Town of Delaware City, eleven individuals who hold or have held positions in the government or on the police force of Delaware City (together with Delaware City, hereinafter collectively referred to as “municipal defendants”) and James Baker (“Baker”) and Nicholas DeLeo (“DeLeo”), the owners of an automobile parts business. Blake claims that the defendants passed…
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