Legal Opinion
Vazquez v. Metropolitan Dade County
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 13, 1992No. 91-5584PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Vazquez brought suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against defendant-appellee Metropolitan Dade County (“Dade County”) and several of the County’s police officers, claiming police misconduct during an August 18, 1981, shootout at Vazquez’s home. Plaintiff alleged that the individual officers used excessive force against the plaintiff during that shootout, in violation of Vazquez’s rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments, and that Dade County also violated plaintiff’s constitutional rights by creating an atmosphere in which such uses of…
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3Cited by15 opinions
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