Legal Opinion
Anthony A. Brown v. Officer L. Patterson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 12, 1987No. 86-2616PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Anthony Brown was arrested by a police officer who was executing a warrant for the arrest of Anthony Moseley, alias “Anthony Brown.” After spending 48 hours in jail, Brown was released on bail. He brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the arresting officer and others, charging that his arrest and incarceration violated the principles of the Fourth Amendment, which have been held applicable to state and local government by virtue of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a…
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