Legal Opinion
Douglas v. Town of Hartford, Conn.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided July 2, 1982No. Civ. H-82-96PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS
CLARIE, Chief Judge.
The defendant Officers, John Doe (1-6) and Richard Roe (1-6) and the City of Hartford have moved to dismiss several of the charges against them asserted by the plaintiffs alleging acts of police brutality in this civil rights action commenced pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1981, § 1983, together with allegations of violations of state tort law. The defendants claim that: (1) the plaintiff Paul Douglas was a five and one-half month old fetus, in ventre sa mere, when the alleged incident occurred in 1981 and as such is not a “person” or…
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- City of Newport v. Fact Concerts, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Thomas Turpin v. Joseph MailetCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Justus v. AtchisonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1977
- Chrisafogeorgis v. BrandenbergIllinois Supreme Court · 1973
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3Cited by8 opinions
- John Crumpton, IV v. Daryl Gates Tom Bradley Tom Reddin Ed Davis Herbert Boeckmann Maxwell E. Greenberg Barbara L. Schlei Robert TalcottCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
- Skorupski v. County of SuffolkDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1987
- Loza v. LynchDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1986
- Liscio v. WarrenDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1989
- Ruiz Romero v. Gonzalez CaraballoDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1988
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