Legal Opinion
Wagner v. Higgins
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 8, 1985No. 82-5371PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENGEL, Circuit Judge.
Ed Wagner, Jr. appeals a judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky dismissing his civil rights complaint filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Wagner asserts that the defendants, officials of the Police Department of Louisville, Kentucky, stole personal property from his automobile in violation of his rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments and under Kentucky law. The question is whether, after Parratt v. Taylor, 451 U.S. 527,101 S.Ct. 1908, 68 L.Ed.2d 420 (1981), such allegations state a claim for relief under the Civil…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Hudson v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Baker v. McCollanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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