Legal Opinion
Sauls v. Hutto
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided July 22, 1969No. Civ. A. 16409PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUBIN, District Judge:
A police officer who shot and killed a fleeing seventeen-year-old suspected of committing a felony is here sued for damages. The suit raises the question of justification for the use of deadly force in contemporary society.
I. FACTS
On March 21, 1965, at about 10:00 p. m., two police officers, James Hutto and Frederick C. Ruppert, Jr., were operating Patrol Car 54. They drove to an ice cream parlor to investigate a complaint. While they were there, a Mustang automobile was driven recklessly past them at a high rate of speed. They jumped in the patrol car and, with Hutto…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Baltimore Steamship Co. v. PhillipsSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
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3Cited by27 opinions
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