Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Spikes
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided June 22, 1987No. CV486-316PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
EDENFIELD, District Judge.
Plaintiff James Thompson, Sr. (Thompson, Sr.) has brought suit in this Court, claiming to have suffered injury at the hands of the above-named defendant law enforcement officers. 1 Plaintiff seeks damages both pursuant to the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 1983, essentially for alleged violations of his fourth amendment rights, and under a state law theory of negligence. Before the Court are the defendants’ motions for summary judgment.
I. BACKGROUND
On Saturday, September 8,1984, a young black man named Joe Boy Roberson entered Thompson’s Store, an establishment…
2Cases cited99 opinions
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- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Barna v. City of Perth AmboyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- Bryson v. City of EdmondCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
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- Bryson v. City Of EdmondCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- Ross v. State of AlabamaDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1998
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