Legal Opinion
Sharrar v. Felsing
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 24, 1997No. 96-5375UnknownCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Chief Judge.
Ronald Sharrar, Kenneth Sharrar, David Brigden and Gerard Sweeney brought this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against police officers Lt. Albert Wilson, Sgt. Michael Larkin, Sgt. William Kennedy, Sgt. Dennis Felsing, and the City of Sea Isle, New Jersey, alleging .unlawful arrest, arrest with excessive force, and two illegal searches. After the district court granted summary judgment to the defendants on all claims except for the second allegedly illegal search, a magistrate judge conducted a jury trial on the remaining claim against…
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