Legal Opinion
Rutherford v. CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided February 29, 1996No. Civ. A. 4:95cv8PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
DOUMAR, District Judge.
This case arises from the tragic murder of a young police officer who was ordered to go undercover for the purpose of nabbing a suspected robber of pizza delivery men. The officer, Steven R. Rutherford, was murdered by the robbers. Officer Rutherford’s wife, acting pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, now brings this action against his superiors and the municipality which employed him, claiming that they violated his constitutional rights under the substantive component of the Due Process Clause. Plaintiffs theory of the case is that the Due Process Clause…
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