Legal Opinion

Henshaw v. Doherty

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided September 2, 2005No. 2003-526-AppealPublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ROBINSON, Justice.

The plaintiff, Stanley Henshaw III, appeals from the Superior Court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants — viz., the State of Rhode Island and also Brendan P. Doherty, Michelle Hag-gerty, John M. Lacross, Steven G. O’Donnell, John P. Blessing, and Joseph S. Del-prete, all members of the Rhode Island State Police. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the judgment of the Superior Court.

Facts and Travel

The instant case stems from the arrest on April 5, 1993, of plaintiff by the Rhode Island State Police on a charge of simple assault. The arrest…

2Cases cited48 opinions

  1. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by21 opinions

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