Legal Opinion
Costa v. Frye
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 7, 1991No. 1650 C.D. 1989PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PALLADINO, Judge.
We granted reargument of Costa v. Frye (No. 1650 C.D.1989, filed June 29, 1990) (Costa 7), 1 for the limited purpose of reconsidering whether the trial court erred in refusing to remove the nonsuit granted to the City of Philadelphia (City) regarding Helen Costa’s civil rights action 2 against the City.
The facts and procedural posture of this case are fully set forth in Costa I and are repeated here in abbreviated form to the extent pertinent to the issue before us. John Frye (Frye), an off-duty City police officer, became involved in an altercation with another man at an…
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- West v. AtkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Daniels v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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