Legal Opinion
Reitz v. County of Bucks
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 8, 1997No. 96-1934PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal, arising from what should have been a simple state forfeiture proceeding, raises a number of complex questions concerning federal constitutional rights violations. The plaintiffs are members of a large family of which one was convicted of violating Pennsylvania narcotics laws. They brought a federal action for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and also included various state law claims alleging the District Attorney’s Office of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, delayed the return of plaintiffs’ seized property for almost a year after ordered to do…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- City of Canton v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Wilson v. GarciaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by109 opinions
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