Legal Opinion
Popow v. City of Margate
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided August 31, 1979No. Civ. A. 78-1536PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BROTMAN, District Judge.
In this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiff Rosemary Popow, individually and as administratrix of the estate of her husband Darwin Popow, seeks damages for his death. Darwin Popow was shot dead by a City of Margate police officer who was pursuing another man he believed to be a fleeing kidnapper. An innocent bystander, the decedent was killed after stepping outside his home on a residential street in Margate in response to the commotion. Defendants include the City of Mar-gate and George Biagi, the police officer who fired the fatal shot. In…
2Cases cited50 opinions
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- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by57 opinions
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- Cynthia Wellington, Guardian of the Estate of Robert D. Gravelle v. Brian L. Daniels, Darrel W. Stephens and City of Newport News, VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
- John Languirand, Cross-Appellant v. John Hayden, an Individual, City of Pass Christian, Etc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Spell v. McDanielDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1984
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