Legal Opinion
Barbara Walton, Individually and as Next Friend of Courtney Walton and Kamara Walton v. City of Southfield, Keith Birberick, Robert Castleman
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 10, 1993No. 91-2049, 91-2083 and 91-2115PublishedCited by 564 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.
In this case, the City of Southfield and several officers of the Southfield Police Department appeal the district court’s finding that they are not entitled to summary judgment as to several claims brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Michigan law. We affirm the district court in part and reverse in part.
I
The facts of this case revolve in large measure around an exercise of very poor judgment on the part of the defendant police officers. On May 17, 1988, at 3:30 p.m., plaintiff Barbara Walton [hereinafter Walton] was driving in her car with her two-year-old…
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- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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