Legal Opinion
Healy v. Town of Pembroke Park
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 5, 1987No. Nos. 86-5502 to 86-5505PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PITTMAN, Senior District Judge:
This is an appeal in a civil rights action instituted by four policemen against the Town of Pembroke Park (Town), the municipality where they were formerly employed; Yourman, the Mayor of the Town, and four Town Commissioners. There are several issues presented which should be analyzed. The first question is whether the district court correctly granted summary judgment on the issue of damages in favor of the Town after finding § 1983 liability based upon the Town’s actions. We next consider whether the district court erred in granting the Town’s mayor and…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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