Legal Opinion
Morrison v. City of Baton Rouge
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 20, 1980No. 79-2532PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
This action, filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1983, 1985, 1988 and the 14th Amendment arose out of an unfortunate incident in which the Appellants’ son, a fourteen-year-old black boy, was shot and killed by a white Baton Rouge police officer. The Morrisons sued the City, the Mayor, the Chief of Police, the police officer and the District Attorney for East Baton Rouge Parish, alleging a violation of their son’s constitutional rights by the Baton Rouge Police Department’s “policy of summary punishment of blacks by white policemen when the former [are] found in incriminating situations.”
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Coy E. Kirtland v. J. Ray McDermott & Co., Columbia Gulf Transmission CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- William W. Cason v. Mary A. Owen, Chief, Civilian Pay, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, and Mary Ann CasonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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