Legal Opinion
Chrisco v. Shafran
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided February 11, 1981No. Civ. A. 79-522PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MURRAY M. SCHWARTZ, District Judge.
Willie Chrisco, a former officer of the Wilmington Police Department, has brought a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985 against Carl Williams, a Delaware State Police Officer, and Milton Shafran, a former Delaware Deputy Attorney General. Chrisco seeks damages for alleged violations of his 4th, 5th, 6th and 14th amendment rights by Williams and Shafran during the course of an investigation of corruption in the sale of goods by the Diamond Chemical Company to the Wilmington School Board.
Shafran and Williams were part of a State…
2Cases cited52 opinions
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- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- O'HAGAN v. SotoDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1981
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