Legal Opinion
Gallo v. City of Philadelphia
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 23, 1998No. 98-1071, 98-1238UnknownCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GREENBERG, Circuit Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
After a jury acquitted him of charges that he deliberately had set fire to his business in Philadelphia, James Gallo brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971), against the City of Philadelphia and the municipal and federal officials responsible for investigating his case. 1 Gallo claimed that the municipal fire marshal had altered his views on the fire’s cause in response to pressure from representatives of Gallo’s…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Albright v. OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Gallo v. City of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998