Legal Opinion
Raymond Haislah v. Albert Walton and City of Cleveland and Cleveland Police Department
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 21, 1982No. 79-3440PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEORGE CLIFTON EDWARDS, Jr., Chief Judge.
This appeal involves an action brought by plaintiff Raymond Haislah under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976) against a Cleveland police officer (Walton) and the City of Cleveland, its Police Department and its former Police Chief Adhrens alleging that defendants violated his constitutional rights by shooting him “in the mid portion of the back.” At the time Haislah was fleeing after breaking away from arrest.
Section 1983 was adopted in 18711 and provides as follows:
Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Owen v. City of IndependenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by27 opinions
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