Legal Opinion
Jones v. City of Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Decided July 30, 2004No. 3641PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RAU, J.,
I. ISSUE PRESENTED
This appeal presents the constitutional issue of first impression of whether a municipality can be liable for *49damages if it physically injures a person by violating the Pennsylvania state constitutional provision, Article I, Section 8,1 designed to protect citizens from excessive use of force by the government.2
In 2001, Thomas Jones filed a complaint for money damages, alleging that he was personally injured pursuant to unconstitutional policies that fostered or led to excessive use of force by the Philadelphia police. Jones argued both that the policies and the…
2Cases cited76 opinions
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- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Federal Deposit Insurance v. MeyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Quern v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Jones v. City of PhiladelphiaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
- Gremo v. KarlinDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2005
- Mitchell v. StreetDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2005
- Jones v. City of PhiladelphiaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006