Legal Opinion
Lassiter v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 28, 1982No. 80-680PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
This false arrest and assault case presents the question whether the trial court erred in directing verdicts for a Metropolitan Police officer and the District of Columbia on the ground that collateral estoppel barred relitigation of determinative factual issues resolved against plaintiff-appellant in his earlier, juvenile trial. We reverse as to false arrest but affirm as to assault.
I
Appellant, Erskine Lassiter,1 sought damages for false arrest and assault from the District of Columbia and Metropolitan Police Officer George Willis. Counsel for appellant opened the…
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- Winters v. LavineCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
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