Legal Opinion
Daves v. Scranton
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 12, 1975No. Civ. A. No. 74-3031PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.
Plaintiff was convicted on charges of rape and sodomy of a Mrs. Joan S. Scranton on October 21, 1971, and he is presently incarcerated at the State Correctional' Institution at Graterford, Pennsylvania. Three years after his criminal conviction, he has instituted a civil rights1 damage suit against Mrs. Scranton, an Assistant District Attorney and four police officers involved in his criminal case, as well as the Evening Bulletin, a major Philadelphia newspaper. Plaintiff prays that the Court enter a judicial decree declaring that the…
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- Edmond C. Fletcher v. Courtney R. Young and Eleanor M. Young, His WifeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by29 opinions
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