Legal Opinion
Menuel v. City of Atlanta
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 13, 1994No. 92-8803PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRYDAY, District Judge:
On July 24,1989, about 12:30 in the morning, the City of Atlanta police department dispatched two city police officers, D.A. Lester and R.D. Scandrick. The dispatch responded to a “911 emergency” telephone call from Bell Scandrick (“Ms. Scandrick”), the sister of Jessie Menuel (“the decedent”). (Ms. Scandrick and Officer Scandrick are not related.) Requesting emergency assistance, Ms. Scandrick reported that the decedent was behaving violently and erratically.1 The dispatch was denominated by Atlanta’s police as “24 violent,” which means “violent and demented.”
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3Cited by51 opinions
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- Dickerson v. McclellanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
- Brian Forrett v. Linford Richardson, Terry Frizell Ronald O. Loveridge Jack ClarkeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
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