Legal Opinion
Weishapl v. Sowers
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 19, 2001No. 98-CV-210PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WAGNER, Chief Judge:
Appellant, Robert Weishapl, appeals from summary judgment entered for ap-pellees, Michael Rizzo, Zuckerman Kron-stadt, Inc., the District of Columbia (District) and Officer George Awkward of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Weishapl’s claims are related to his lease and ownership interest in a restaurant business which failed. In the trial court, he claimed essentially that appellees’ wrongful actions interfered with and caused him to lose the business. Against the police, he alleged false arrest and constitutional violations under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, with claims…
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